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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 say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost sharing information 
(such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.111(a) and 
(b). 
 
The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say 
that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to 
an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.2. 
 
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. The Plan 
contract says that enrollees must pay a $40 copayment for physician/practitioner services, including doctor's 
office visits (specialist). You can find this information on pages 88-91 of the Plan's 2021 Evidence of Coverage 
(EOC).  
 
The Plan contract also says that enrollees must pay a 20% coinsurance for Medicare Part B prescription drugs. 
You can find this information on pages 81-82 of the Plans 2021 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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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. 
 
Orthopedic shoes and other supportive devices for the feet generally are not covered. However, this exclusion 
does not apply to such a shoe if it is an integral part of a leg brace, and its expense is included as part of the 
cost of the brace. Also, this exclusion does not apply to therapeutic shoes furnished to diabetics. You can find 
this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, 
Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 290(3). 
 
The rules say that inserts and other shoe modifications indicated as code L3030 are covered if they are on a 
shoe that is an integral part of a covered brace and if they are medically necessary for the proper functioning of 
that brace.  
 
You can find this information at Local Coverage Article: Orthopedic footwear-Policy Article (A52481). 
 
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.
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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 effective January 1, 2002, sacral nerve stimulation is covered for the treatment of urinary 
urge incontinence, urgency frequency syndrome, and urinary retention. Sacral nerve stimulation involves both 
a temporary test stimulation to determine if an implantable stimulator would be effective and a permanent 
implantation in appropriate candidates. Both the test and the permanent implantation are covered. 
 
The following limitations for coverage apply to all three indications: 
 
1. Patient must be refractory to conventional therapy (documented behavioral, pharmacologic and/or surgical 
corrective therapy) and be an appropriate surgical candidate such that implantation with anesthesia can occur. 
2. Patients with stress incontinence, urinary obstruction, and specific neurologic diseases (e.g., diabetes with 
peripheral nerve involvement) which are associated with secondary manifestations of the above three 
indications are excluded. 
3. Patient must have had a successful test stimulation in order to support subsequent implantation. Before a 
patient is eligible for permanent implantation, he/she must demonstrate a 50% or greater improvement through 
test stimulation. Improvement is measured through voiding diaries. 
4. Patient must be able to demonstrate adequate ability to record voiding diary data such that clinical results of 
the implant procedure can be properly evaluated. 
 
These rules are found in National Coverage Determination (NCD): Sacral Nerve Stimulation For Urinary 
Incontinence (230.18). 
 
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.
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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 say that the following medical items, supplies, and services furnished to inpatients are covered under 
Part A. Consequently, they are covered by the prospective payment rate or reimbursed as reasonable costs 
under Part A to hospitals excluded from the Prospective Payment System (PPS). 
 
Laboratory services (excluding anatomic pathology services and certain clinical pathology services); 
 
Pacemakers and other prosthetic devices including lenses, and artificial limbs, knees, and hips; 
 
Radiology services including computed tomography (CT) scans furnished to inpatients by a physician's office, 
other hospital, or radiology clinic; 
 
Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) services; and 
 
Transportation, including transportation by ambulance, to and from another hospital or freestanding facility to 
receive specialized diagnostic or therapeutic services not available at the facility where the patient is an 
inpatient. 
 
The hospital must include the cost of these services in the appropriate ancillary service cost center, i.e., in the 
cost of the diagnostic or therapeutic service. It must not show them separately under revenue code 0540. 
 
You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, 
Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 3, 10.4. 
 
 
 The rules say that hospital bundling rules exclude payment to independent suppliers of ambulance services for 
beneficiaries in a hospital inpatient stay. The Common Working File (CWF) performs reject edits to incoming 
claims from independent suppliers of ambulance services. The CWF searches paid claim history and compares 
the line item service date on an ambulance claim to the admission and discharge dates on a hospital inpatient 
stay. The CWF rejects the line item when the ambulance line item service date falls within the admission and 
discharge dates on a hospital inpatient claim. Based on CWF rejects, the A/B MAC (B) must deny line items 
for ambulance services billed by independent suppliers that should be bundled to the hospital. You can find this 
information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, 
Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 3, 10.5. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
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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 special supplemental benefit for the chronically ill (SSBCI) is a supplemental benefit that 
has, with respect to a chronically ill enrollee, a reasonable expectation of improving or maintaining the health 
or overall function of the enrollee. The Plan must have written policies for determining enrollee eligibility and 
must document its determination that an enrollee is a chronically ill enrollee. You can find this information in 
42 CFR 422.102. 
 
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. The Plan 
contract says that if you have been diagnosed by a qualified provider with certain chronic conditions and you 
meet certain criteria, you may be eligible for additional benefits. You can find this information on pages 101 
through 103 of the Plans 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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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 whole gland HIFU is considered medically necessary as a local treatment for recurrent PCa following radiation therapy (RT) when ALL of the following criteria are met (1,2):

    Biochemical recurrence (BCR) according to the Phoenix definition (PSA nadir + 2 ng/mL)
    Positive post-RT transrectal ultrasound guided (TRUS) biopsy
    Candidate for local curative therapy as evidenced by favorable clinical and pathologic factors (BOTH of the following)
        Original (pre-RT)- clinical stage T1-T2, NX or N0
        Current (ALL are required)
            PSA < 10 ng/mL
            absence of distant metastases per National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) imaging guidelines
            no lymph node involvement
            interval to biochemical failure > 18 months
            International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) grade < 4
            local recurrence amenable to entire destruction
    Multi-disciplinary consensus (surgeon, oncologist, radiologist)
    Hi comorbidity (i.e., not a candidate for radical prostatectomy (RP)) (3)

Exclusion Criteria (NONE of the below are allowed)

    Life expectancy < 10 years (1,2)
    PCa subtype other than adenocarcinoma (4)
    Post-RT ADT (5,6)
    Post-RT anal/rectal stenosis or rectal wall thickness >6 mm by TRUS or MRI (6)

You can find this information in the RETIRED Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Salvage High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Treatment in Prostate Cancer (PCa) L38262.

If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
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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 say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost sharing information 
(such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.111(a) and 
(b). 
 
The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say 
that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to 
an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.2. 
 
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. The Plan 
contract says that enrollees must pay $10 copayment for Medicare-covered x-rays. You can find this 
information in chapter 4 on pages 99-100 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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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 say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost sharing information 
(such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.111(a) and 
(b). 
 
The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say 
that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to 
an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.2. 
 
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. The Plan 
contract says that enrollees must pay 20% coinsurance for Medicare-covered medical supply. You can find this 
information in chapter 4 on pages 4-31 to 4-32 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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Decision: unknown

 
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 say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost sharing information 
(such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.111(a) and 
(b). 
 
The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say 
that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to 
an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.2. 
 
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. The Plan 
contract says that enrollees must pay a $20 copayment for outpatient rehabilitation services. You can find this 
information in Chapter 4 on page 114 and 118 of the Plan's 2021 to 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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Decision: unknown

 
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 say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost sharing information 
(such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.111(a) and 
(b). 
 
The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say 
that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to 
an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.2. 
 
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. The Plan 
contract says that enrollees must pay a 20% coinsurance for Medicare-covered durable medical equipment. 
You can find this information on pages 71 to 72 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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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 say for purposes of payment under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), the place of service (POS) code is generally used to reflect the actual setting where the beneficiary receives the face-to-face service. For example, if the physician's face-to-face encounter with a patient occurs in the office, the correct POS code on the claim, in general, reflects the 2-digit POS code 11 for office. In these instances, the 2-digit POS code (Item 24B on the claim Form CMS-1500) will match the address and ZIP entered in the service location (Item 32 on the 1500 Form) - the physical/geographical location of the physician. However, there are two exceptions to this general rule - these are for a service rendered to a patient who is a registered inpatient or an outpatient of a hospital. In these cases, the correct POS code -- regardless of where the face-to-face service occurs -- is that of the appropriate inpatient POS code (at a minimum POS code 21) or that of the appropriate outpatient hospital POS code (at a minimum POS code 19 or 22, for outpatient services performed off campus or on campus) as discussed in section 10.5 of this chapter. You can find this information in the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 26, Section 10.6.

The rules say that as a general policy, the POS code assigned by the physician/practitioner for the PC of a diagnostic service shall be the setting in which the beneficiary received the TC service. You can find this information in the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 13, Section 150.

If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
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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 say that medically necessary services are those that are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury. Medically necessary services include services to improve the functioning of a malformed body member. You can find this rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(1)(A).

The rules say that services that are not medically necessary are not covered. The rules also say that experimental and investigational devices are not covered. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Sections 411.15 and 411.15(o).

The rules say that screening services such as pre-symptomatic genetic tests and services used to detect an undiagnosed disease or disease predisposition are not a Medicare benefit and are not covered. Similarly, Medicare may not reimburse the costs of tests/examinations that assess the risk of a condition unless the risk assessment clearly and directly affects the management of the patient. You can find this information in Local Coverage Article Billing and Coding Billing and Coding: Genomic Sequence Analysis Panels in the Treatment of Solid Organ Neoplasms A56867.

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.
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Decision: unknown

 
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 say that providers/suppliers must report services correctly. Procedures should be reported with the 
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code that describes the services performed. You can find this rule in 
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare National Correct Coding Initiative Policy Manual 
for Medicare Services, Chapter I(A). 
 
The rules also say that critical care is a time-based service, and therefore, practitioners must document in the 
medical record the total time (not necessarily start and stop times) that critical care services are furnished by 
each reporting practitioner. Documentation needs to indicate that the services furnished to the patient, including 
any concurrent care by the practitioners, are medically reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis and/or 
treatment of illness and/or injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member. When a single 
physician furnishes 30 -74 minutes of critical care services to a patient on a given date, the physician will 
report CPT code 99291. CPT code 99291 will be used only once per date even if the time spent by the 
practitioner is not continuous on that date. Thereafter, the physician will report CPT code 99292 for additional 
30-minute time increments provided to the same patient. You can find these rules in the Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual 
Chapter 12, Sections 30.6.12.2, and 30.6.12.8. 
 
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.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 say that providers/suppliers must report services correctly. Procedures should be reported with the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code that describes the services performed. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare National Correct Coding Initiative Policy Manual for Medicare Services, Chapter I(A).

The rules say that a disposition of return to provider (RTP) indicates there are one or more edits present that cause the whole claim to be returned to the provider. A claim returned to the provider means that the provider can resubmit the claim once the problems are corrected. Code edit 62 indicates a code that is not recognized by the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS). Services with a status indicator of B always has a return edit 62, which has a disposition of return to provider (RTP). You can find this rule in the Integrated Outpatient Code Edit (OCE), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Specifications, Volume 23.0, Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.

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.
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Decision: unknown

 
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 say that plans may choose the networks of providers available to enrollees and may require enrollees 
to obtain authorization before receiving services. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(a) and in 
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-16, Medicare 
Managed Care Manual, Chapter 1, Section 20.2. 
 
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. The Plan 
contract says that, with limited exceptions, members of the Plan must use network providers to get medical care 
and services. The only exceptions are emergencies, urgently needed care when the network is not available 
(generally, when the enrollee is out of the area), out-of-area dialysis services, and cases in which the Plan 
authorizes the use of out-of-network providers. You can find this information in Chapter 3 on page 43 of the 
Plans 2022 EOC.