Persius/hicric huggingface dataset:
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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 $1,700 copayment for inpatient hospital care. You can find this 
information on page(s) 88 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage.
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 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 $75 copayment for outpatient diagnostic tests/ultrasound. You can find 
this information on page(s) 86 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage.
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 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 effective January 18, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) covers 
leadless pacemakers through Coverage with Evidence Development (CED). CMS covers leadless pacemakers 
when procedures are performed in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved studies. CMS also covers, 
in prospective longitudinal studies, leadless pacemakers that are used in accordance with the FDA approved 
label for devices that have either: 
 an associated ongoing FDA approved post-approval study; or 
 completed an FDA post-approval study. 
You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service, Internet-Only Manual, 
Publication 100-03, Medicare National Coverage Determinations (NCD) Manual, Leadless Pacemakers 
(20.8.4). 
 
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 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. 
 
The rules say that Medicare plans must make reasonable and diligent efforts to gather and forward information 
to the Independent Review Entity (IRE). You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Parts C & D Enrollee Grievances, Organization/Coverage 
Determinations, and Appeals Guidance Manual, Section 50.12.1. 
 
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 $10 copayment for Medicare-covered therapeutic shoes or inserts. You 
can find this information on page 67 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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 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 there is a $1484 Medicare Part A in and out-of-network deductible which applies to certain 
items and services. The Plan contract says that until enrollees have paid the deductible amount, they must pay 
the full cost for most covered services. The Plan Part A deductible applies to in and out-of-network inpatient 
hospital care services. You can find this information on pages 4-2 to 4-4 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of 
Coverage (EOC).
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 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). 
 
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 also says that there is a $1,000 deductible which applies to certain items and services. The Plan 
deductible applies to out-of-network outpatient surgery. You can find this information on page 64 of the Plan's 
2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).  
 
The Plan contract also says that enrollees must pay 30% coinsurance after the deductible is met for out-of-
network outpatient procedures and services, including but not limited to diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, 
and outpatient surgery performed in an outpatient hospital. You can find this information on page 112 of the 
Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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 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 the following indications are covered nationally unless otherwise indicated: 
1. Computer analysis of EKGs when furnished in a setting and under the circumstances required for 
coverage of other EKG services. 
2. EKG services rendered by an IDTF, 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).  
You can find these rules in National Coverage Determination (NCD) Electrocardiographic Services 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.
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 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 $45 copayment per visit for an in-network specialist office visit. You 
can find this information on page 92 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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 Plan must follow Medicare rules. The rules say that Medicare health plans must make reasonable and 
diligent efforts to gather and forward to the IRE information regarding its decision to deny coverage or 
payment. 
 
The Plan has not made reasonable and diligent efforts to gather and forward to us information regarding their 
decision to deny your request. Specifically, the Plan did not make an appeal decision for the codes listed in this 
section. The Plan is not allowed to reopen any determinations while an appeal is pending and must issue a 
determination on all appealed services within the appeal time frame. As the Plan forfeited its opportunity to 
provide a denial rationale for these services, we find that the denial of payment is not supported. 
 
The rules say that A/B Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) (B) may not pay for the technical 
component (TC) of radiology services furnished to hospital patients. Payment for physicians radiological 
services to the hospital, e.g., administrative or supervisory services, and for provider services needed to 
produce the radiology service, is made by the A/B MAC (A) to the hospital as a provider service. A/B MACs 
(A) include the TC of radiology services for hospital inpatients, except Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), in 
the prospective payment system (PPS) payment to hospitals. Hospital bundling rules exclude payment to 
suppliers of the TC of a radiology service for beneficiaries in a hospital inpatient stay. The TC of radiology and 
other diagnostic services furnished to hospital outpatients are paid under the Outpatient Prospective Payment 
System (OPPS) to the hospital. 
 You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Internet-Only 
Manual Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 13, Section 20.2.1. 
 
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 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 out-of-network services to treat kidney disease. You 
can find this information on page 91 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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 state that another type of pre-symptom memory loop recorder (MLR), 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. You can find this rule at the Medicare National Coverage Determination (NCD) 20.15: 
Electrocardiographic Services. 
 
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 state that lens extraction is considered medically necessary and therefore covered by Medicare when 
one (or more) of the following conditions or circumstances are documented in the medical record: 
 
1. Cataract causing symptomatic (i.e., causing the patient to seek medical attention) impairment of visual 
function not correctable with a tolerable change in glasses or contact lenses resulting in the patient's inability to 
function satisfactorily while performing Activities of Daily Life including, but not limited to reading, viewing 
television, driving, or meeting vocational or recreational needs. 
2. Concomitant intraocular disease (e.g., diabetic retinopathy or intraocular tumor) requiring monitoring or 
treatment that is prevented by the presence of cataract. 
3. Lens-induced disease threatening vision or ocular health (including, but not limited to, phacomorphic or 
phacolytic glaucoma). 
4. High probability of accelerating cataract development as a result of a concomitant or subsequent procedure 
(e.g., pars plana vitrectomy, iridocyclectomy, procedure for ocular trauma) and treatments such as external 
beam irradiation. 
5. Cataract interfering with the performance of vitreoretinal surgery. 
6. Intolerable anisometropia or aniseikonia uncorrectable with glasses or contact lenses that exists as a result of 
lens extraction in the first eye (despite satisfactorily corrected monocular visual acuity. 
 
Any circumstances not listed may be considered based on the standard of care and other factors related to 
medical necessity at redetermination. You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination 
(LCD): Cataract Surgery in Adults (L34203). 
 
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 state that a custom fabricated mandibular advancement oral appliance (E0486) used to treat 
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is covered when certain criteria are met. The enrollee must have had a sleep 
study. For enrollees apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) or Respiratory Disturbance Index (RDI) of greater than 30, 
the enrollee must be unable to tolerate a positive airway pressure (PAP) device, or the treating practitioner must 
determine that the use of a PAP device is contraindicated. You can find this information in the Local Coverage 
Determination (LCD): Oral Appliances for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (L33611). 
 
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 state that for Group 1, Peripheral Venous Examinations (93970, 93971) the diagnosis code M25.462 (Effusion, left knee) is not on the list of approved diagnoses. 

You can find this rule at the Medicare Local Coverage Article (LCA) A57594: Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Peripheral Venous Vascular and Hemodialysis Access Studies.

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 Medicare may cover a drug or biological if it is safe and effective and otherwise reasonable 
and necessary. 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 50.4.1. 
  
Medicare rules also allow the plan to use step therapy. This is the process of beginning drug therapy for a 
medical condition with "preferred" (or more cost-effective) on-formulary drug alternative(s) and progressing to 
other drug therapies only as necessary. A plan must grant an exception to its step therapy rules if it determines 
that the requested drug is medically necessary, consistent with the prescriber's statement. The statement must 
show that the step therapy drugs: have been ineffective in treating the enrollee; or are likely to be ineffective or 
adversely affect the drug's effectiveness or patient compliance; or are likely to cause an adverse reaction or 
other harm to the enrollee.  
 
Medicare Advantage plans should ensure that new step therapy requirements do not disrupt ongoing Part B 
drug therapies for enrollees. Step therapy may only be applied to new prescriptions or administrations of Part B 
drugs for enrollees that are not actively receiving the affected medication. You can find this information at 42 
CFR Sections 422.2 and 422.136. 
 
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 contract 
says that the Plan has step therapy requirements for certain Medicare Part B covered drugs/biologicals. 
Enrollees may be required to try a preferred drug before the Plan will approve the requested medication. You 
can find this information in Chapter 4 on page 87 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage.
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 state that as of January 1, 2022, home health services under a plan of care are paid based on a 30-day 
period of care. Home Health Agencies (HHAs) submit a Notice of Admission (NOA) at the beginning of an 
admission and then submit one claim for each 30-day period of care. You can find this rule in the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing 
Manual, Chapter 10, Section 40.2. 
 
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.