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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
The rules state that an implantable (or Insertable Loop) Recorder (ILR) is another type of pre-symptom 
memory loop recorder, it is implanted subcutaneously in a patients upper left chest and may remain implanted 
for many months. An ILR is used when syncope is thought to be cardiac-related, but is too infrequent to be 
detected by either a HolterTM monitor or a traditional pre-symptom MLR. 
The following indications are covered nationally unless otherwise indicated: 
1. Computer analysis of electrocardiograms (EKGs) when furnished in a setting and under the 
circumstances required for coverage of other EKG services. 
2. EKG services rendered by an independent diagnostic testing facility, including physician review and 
interpretation. Separate physician services are not covered unless he/she is the patients attending or 
consulting physician. 
3. Emergency EKGs (i.e., when the patient is or may be experiencing a life-threatening event) performed 
as a laboratory or diagnostic service by a portable x-ray supplier only when a physician is in attendance 
at the time the service is performed or immediately thereafter. 
4. Home EKG services with documentation of medical necessity. 
5. Transtelephonic EKG transmissions (effective March 1, 1980) as a diagnostic service for the indications 
described below, when performed with equipment meeting the standards described below, subject to the 
limitations and conditions specified below. Coverage is further limited to the amounts payable with 
respect to the physicians service in interpreting the results of such transmissions, including charges for 
rental of the equipment. The device used by the beneficiary is part of a total diagnostic system and is 
not considered DME separately. Covered uses are to: 
a. Detect, characterize, and document symptomatic transient arrhythmias; 
b. Initiate, revise, or discontinue arrhythmic drug therapy; or, 
c. Carry-out early post-hospital monitoring of patients discharged after myocardial infarction (MI); 
(only if 24-hour coverage is provided, see C.5. below).  
Certain uses other than those specified above may be covered if, in the judgment of the local Medicare 
Administrative Contractor (MAC), such use is medically necessary. Additionally, the transmitting devices must meet at least the following criteria: 
a. They must be capable of transmitting EKG Leads, I, II, or III; and, 
b. The tracing must be sufficiently comparable to a conventional EKG. 
24-hour attended coverage used as early post-hospital monitoring of patients discharged after MI is only 
covered if provision is made for such 24-hour attended coverage in the manner described below: 
24-hour attended coverage means there must be, at a monitoring site or central data center, an EKG technician 
or other non-physician, receiving calls and/or EKG data; tape recording devices do not meet this requirement. 
Further, such technicians should have immediate, 24-hour access to a physician to review transmitted data and 
make clinical decisions regarding the patient. The technician should also be instructed as to when and how to 
contact available facilities to assist the patient in case of emergencies. 
C. Nationally Non-Covered Indications 
The following indications are non-covered nationally unless otherwise specified below: 
1. The time-sampling mode of operation of ambulatory EKG cardiac event monitoring/recording. 
2. Separate physician services other than those rendered by an IDTF unless rendered by the patients 
attending or consulting physician. 
3. Home EKG services without documentation of medical necessity. 
4. Emergency EKG services by a portable x-ray supplier without a physician in attendance at the time of 
service or immediately thereafter. 
5. 24-hour attended coverage used as early post-hospital monitoring of patients discharged after MI unless 
provision is made for such 24-hour attended coverage in the manner described in section B.5. above. 
6. Any marketed Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved ambulatory cardiac monitoring device 
or service that cannot be categorized according to the framework below. 
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare National Coverage 
Determination (NCD) for Electrocardiographic Services, Section 20.15. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.