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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 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. 
 
The rules say that the plan must pay for emergency and urgently needed services. This rule applies whether the 
services are obtained in or out of the plans network. This rule applies whether or not there is prior 
authorization for the services. The rules say that an emergency is defined as when a prudent layperson would 
believe that without immediate medical attention there would be serious jeopardy to his or her health. The rules 
say that urgently needed services are those needed because of an unforeseen illness or condition and it is not 
reasonable to get the services from the plan. Generally, these services are needed while the enrollee is outside 
of the service area. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.113. 
 
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 worldwide emergency and urgent care coverage is not covered by Original Medicare and 
is considered a supplemental benefit. The Plan will reimburse for covered out-of-network emergency and 
urgent care services outside of the U.S. and its territories at Original Medicare reimbursement rates. You will 
be responsible for any costs above what Original Medicare would pay, less any cost-sharing for the services 
you received. You can find this information on pages 52 to 53 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage.
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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 therapeutic continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and related supplies are covered by Medicare when all of the following coverage criteria are met:
1. The beneficiary has diabetes mellitus, 
2. The beneficiary is insulin-treated with multiple (three or more) daily administrations of insulin or a Medicare-covered continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) pump, 
3. The beneficiary's insulin treatment regimen requires frequent adjustment by the beneficiary on the basis of blood glucose monitor (BGM) or CGM testing results, 
4. Within six (6) months prior to ordering the CGM, the treating practitioner has an in-person visit with the beneficiary to evaluate their diabetes control and determined that criteria (1-3) above are met; and, 
5. Every six (6) months following the initial prescription of the CGM, the treating practitioner has an in-person visit with the beneficiary to assess adherence to their CGM regimen and diabetes treatment plan.

You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Glucose Monitors (L33822).

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. 
 
Medicare will usually not pay for routine foot care. Routine foot care includes cutting or removing corns and 
calluses, or cutting, or debriding nails. Routine foot care may be covered when the patient has a condition that 
results in severe loss of circulation or areas of poor sensation in the legs or feet. The treatment of fungal nails 
may also be covered. 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. 
 
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 routine podiatry visits, up to 4 supplemental routine visits every year are covered. You 
can find this information on page 93 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage.
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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 Medicare will not pay for dental services. Dental services are items and services involving 
the care, treatment, filling, removal or replacement of teeth or structures directly supporting the teeth. Medicare 
defines "structures directly supporting the teeth" as the periodontium, which includes the gingivae, 
dentogingival junction, periodontal membrane, cementum of the teeth, and alveolar process. You can find this 
rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(12) and in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 150. 
 
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 covers certain dental services as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit includes pontic - 
porcelain fused to high noble metal (D6240) and retainer crown - porcelain fused to high noble metal (D6750). 
Fixed bridges are usually considered beyond the scope of the program. However, an allowance for fixed 
bridges is available and limited to anterior maxillary three-unit bridges (one missing maxillary tooth), and 
anterior mandibular bridges up to four units (two missing adjacent mandibular teeth). Bridges will only be 
covered if no other teeth are missing in the same arch other than third molars. You can find this information 
272 of the Plans 2023 dental benefits coverage booklet.
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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 Medicare will not pay for dental services. Dental services are items and services involving 
the care, treatment, filling, removal or replacement of teeth or structures directly supporting the teeth. Medicare 
defines "structures directly supporting the teeth" as the periodontium, which includes the gingivae, 
dentogingival junction, periodontal membrane, cementum of the teeth, and alveolar process. You can find this 
rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(12) and in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 150. 
 
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 covers certain dental services as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit includes 
prefabricated post and core and a crown when it is found to be medically necessary. You can find this 
information in Chapter 4 on page 118 of the Plans 2023 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 that Medicare pays only for ambulance transport. Ambulance vehicles must be designed and 
equipped to meet certain requirements. The vehicle must have emergency warning lights, sirens, 
communications equipment, a stretcher, linens, emergency medical supplies, oxygen equipment and other life-
saving equipment. The vehicle also must be staffed with two people, one of whom is certified as an emergency 
medical technician. Medicare will not pay for transport by vehicles that do not meet these requirements. You 
can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 410.41(a). 
 
The rules say that plans may offer a supplemental benefit to provide transport not covered by original 
Medicare. The transport offered must be used only for the enrollee's health care needs, such as transport to the 
doctors office. The transport must be arranged or directly provided by the health plan. The transport may not 
be used for other than health-related purposes. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-16, Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 4, Section 30.3. 
 
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 covers routine, non-ambulance transportation as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit 
covers 24 one-way trips per year to plan-approved medical facilities. The Plan contract also says members must 
be diagnosed with both diabetes and congestive heart failure (CHF) to be eligible to receive the transportation 
benefit from a plan-specified vendor. You can find this information on page 73 of the Plans 2023 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 that Medicare pays only for ambulance transport. Ambulance vehicles must be designed and 
equipped to meet certain requirements. The vehicle must have emergency warning lights, sirens, 
communications equipment, a stretcher, linens, emergency medical supplies, oxygen equipment and other life-
saving equipment. The vehicle also must be staffed with two people, one of whom is certified as an emergency 
medical technician. Medicare will not pay for transport by vehicles that do not meet these requirements. You 
can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 410.41(a). 
 
The rules say that plans may offer a supplemental benefit to provide transport not covered by original 
Medicare. The transport offered must be used only for the enrollee's health care needs, such as transport to the 
doctors office. The transport must be arranged or directly provided by the health plan. The transport may not 
be used for other than health-related purposes. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-16, Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 4, Section 30.3. 
 
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 covers routine, non-ambulance transportation as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit 
covers 48 one-way non-emergency transportation trips via contracted transportation providers to plan-approved 
locations to receive health care services from network providers. The Plan contract also says there is a 50-mile 
limit per trip. You can find this information on pages 81 and 82 of the Plans 2023 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 that an initial thermal radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of cervical, thoracic, or lumbar 
paravertebral facet joint (medial branch) nerves is considered medically reasonable and necessary for patients 
who have had at least two (2) medically reasonable and necessary diagnostic MBBs, with each one providing a 
consistent minimum of 80% sustained relief of primary (index) pain (with the duration of relief being 
consistent with the agent used). 
 
Repeat thermal facet joint RFA at the same anatomic site is considered medically reasonable and necessary 
provided the patient had a minimum of consistent 50% improvement in pain for at least six (6) months or at 
least 50% consistent improvement in the ability to perform previously painful movements and ADLs as 
compared to baseline measurement using the same scale. You can find this rule in the Local Coverage 
Determination for Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management, L34892.  
 
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 immunizations are not covered unless they are directly related to the treatment of an injury or 
direct exposure to a disease or condition. In the absence of injury or direct exposure, vaccination or inoculation 
is not covered. However, pneumococcal, hepatitis B, influenza virus vaccines, and any Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA) approved COVID-19 vaccines are exceptions to this rule. You can find this rule at 42 
CFR Section 411.15(e) and Section 3713 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES 
Act). 
 
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 the shingles vaccine is considered a Part D drug and is not covered under this Part B benefit. You 
can find this information on page 72 of the Plans 2022 Evidence of Coverage.
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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 diagnostic services (including clinical diagnostic laboratory tests) provided to a beneficiary 
by the admitting hospital, or by an entity wholly owned or wholly operated by the admitting hospital (or by 
another entity under arrangements with the admitting hospital), within 3 days prior to and including the date of 
the beneficiary's admission are deemed to be inpatient services and included in the inpatient payment. You can 
find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet-Only Manual, Publication 100-04, 
Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 3, Section 40.3. 
 
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. 
 
A pneumatic compression device (PCD) coded as E0652 is covered for the treatment of lymphedema extending 
onto the chest, trunk and/or abdomen when all of the following are met: 
 
1. The beneficiary has lymphedema of an extremity. 
 
2. The coverage criteria for an E0650 or E0651 PCD are met. 
 
3. The beneficiary has lymphedema extending onto the chest, trunk and/or abdomen that extends past the limits 
of a standard compression sleeve, and the chest, trunk and/or abdominal lymphedema has failed to improve 
with a four-week trial. 
 
A four-week trial of conservative therapy demonstrating failed response to treatment with an E0650 or E0651 
is required. The four-week trial of conservative therapy must include all of the following: 
 At least four weeks of regular, daily, multiple-hour home usage of the E0650 or E0651 PCD after 
careful, in-person fitting, training and supervision by a technician who is skilled in and who regularly and 
successfully uses the appliance provided 
 Compliant use of an appropriate compression bandage system or compression garment to provide 
adequate graduated compression 
 Regular exercise 
 Elevation where appropriate 
 Manual lymphatic drainage (where available) and self-manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) for at least 30 
minutes per day 
 Evaluation of diet and implementation of any necessary change 
 Medications as appropriate (e.g. diuretics and/or other treatment of congestive failure, etc.) 
 Correction (where possible) of anemia and/or hypoproteinemia 
 
You can find this information at Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Pneumatic Compression Devices 
(L33829). 
 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 Medicare will not pay for dental services. Dental services are items and services involving 
the care, treatment, filling, removal or replacement of teeth or structures directly supporting the teeth. Medicare 
defines "structures directly supporting the teeth" as the periodontium, which includes the gingivae, 
dentogingival junction, periodontal membrane, cementum of the teeth, and alveolar process. You can find this 
rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(12) and in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 150. 
 
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 covers certain dental services as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit does not include 
coverage for the dental service code D6100. You can find this information in Chapter 4 on page 41 of the 
Plans 2023 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 state that proton beam therapy will be considered medically necessary for malignant lesions of the 
prostate as long as the following criteria are met: 
 
Either 1, 2, or 3 are present and either 4 or 5 are present and 6 must always be present. 
 
1.  When dose constraints to normal tissues limit the total dose of radiation safely deliverable to the tumor with 
other indicated methods 
 
2.  When there is a reason to believe that doses generally thought to be above the level otherwise attainable 
with other methods might improve control rates 
 
3.  In circumstances when the higher levels of precision associated with proton beam therapy as compared to 
other radiation methods are necessary, i.e., clinically relevant 
 
4.  For the treatment of primary lesions, the intent of treatment must be curative 
 
5.  For the treatment of metastatic lesions, there must be the expectation of a long-term benefit (greater than 2y) 
that could not have been attained with conventional therapy; and the expectation of a complete eradication of 
the metastatic lesion that could not have been safely accomplished with conventional therapy, as evidenced by 
a dosimetric advantage for proton beam radiotherapy over other forms of radiation therapy 
 
6.  The patients record demonstrates why Proton beam radiotherapy is considered the treatment of choice for 
the individual patient. Specifically, the record must address the lower risk to normal tissue, the lower risk of 
disease recurrence, and the advantages of the treatment over intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) or 
3-dimensional conformal Dosimetric evidence of reduced normal tissue toxicity and/or improved tumor control 
must be maintained. 
 
You can find this rule at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Local Coverage Determination L33937 
entitled Proton Beam Radiotherapy.  
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 state that a manual wheelchair for use inside the home (E1037, E1038, E1039, E1161, K0001, 
K0002, K0003, K0004, K0005, K0006, K0007, K0008, K0009) is covered if: 
Criteria A, B, C, D, and E are met; and 
Criterion F or G is met. 
A. The beneficiary has a mobility limitation that significantly impairs his/her ability to participate in one or 
more mobility-related activities of daily living (MRADLs) such as toileting, feeding, dressing, grooming, 
and bathing in customary locations in the home. A mobility limitation is one that: 
  1.  Prevents the beneficiary from accomplishing an MRADL entirely, or 
  2.  Places the beneficiary at reasonably determined heightened risk of morbidity or mortality secondary to 
the attempts to perform an MRADL; or 
  3.  Prevents the beneficiary from completing an MRADL within a reasonable time frame. 
B. The beneficiarys mobility limitation cannot be sufficiently resolved by the use of an appropriately fitted 
cane or walker. 
C. The beneficiarys home provides adequate access between rooms, maneuvering space, and surfaces for use 
of the manual wheelchair that is provided. 
D. Use of a manual wheelchair will significantly improve the beneficiarys ability to participate in MRADLs 
and the beneficiary will use it on a regular basis in the home. 
E. The beneficiary has not expressed an unwillingness to use the manual wheelchair that is provided in the 
home. 
F. The beneficiary has sufficient upper extremity function and other physical and mental capabilities needed 
to safely self-propel the manual wheelchair that is provided in the home during a typical day. Limitations of 
strength, endurance, range of motion, or coordination, presence of pain, or deformity or absence of one or 
both upper extremities are relevant to the assessment of upper extremity function. 
G. The beneficiary has a caregiver who is available, willing, and able to provide assistance with the 
wheelchair.  
You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Manual Wheelchair Bases, L33788. 
 
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.