Persius/hicric huggingface dataset:
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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(a) and in 
the Centers for Medicare & 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 Section 3.2 pages 
39-40 in the Plan's 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 state that under the home health prospective payment system as refined by the Patient-Driven 
Groupings Model, a case-mix adjusted payment for a 30-day period of care is made using one of 432 HHRGs. 
On Medicare claims, these HHRGs are represented as Health Insurance Prospective Payment System (HIPPS) 
codes. 
 
HIPPS code rates represent specific characteristics (or case-mix) on which Medicare payment determinations 
are made. HIPPS codes are used in association with special revenue codes used on institutional claims 
submitted to A/B MACs (HHH). One revenue code is defined for every Medicare prospective payment system 
that uses HIPPS codes. For home health claims, this is revenue code 0023. HIPPS codes are placed in 
HCPCS/Accommodation Rates/HIPPS Rate Codes field of the claim. You can find these rules in Medicare 
Claims Processing Manual Chapter 10, Section 10.1.8. 
 
The rules say that a case mix methodology adjusts the 30-day payment rate based on characteristics of the 
patient and his/her corresponding resource needs (e.g., diagnoses, functional impairment level, and other 
factors). The 30-day period payment rate is adjusted by a case-mix methodology based on information from 
home health claims, other Medicare claims, and data elements from the Outcome and Assessment Information 
Set (OASIS). The claims information and OASIS data elements are used to group 30-day periods of care into 
their case-mix groups. The home health agency receives a national, standardized 30-day payment of a 
predetermined rate for home health services unless CMS determines an intervening event warrants a new 30-
day period for purposes of payment. The partial payment adjustment is a proportion of the period payment and 
is based on the span of days including the start-of-care date (for example, the date of the first billable service) 
through and including the last billable service date under the original plan of care before the intervening event. 
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Internet-Only Manual, 
Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 7, Section 10.2 and 10.7. 
 
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 a Group 3 power wheelchair (PWC) with no power options (such as code K0851) is covered 
if: 
 
    A. All of the basic coverage criteria for a PWC are met; and 
    B. The beneficiary's mobility limitation is due to a neurological condition, myopathy, or congenital skeletal 
deformity; and 
    C. The beneficiary has had a specialty evaluation that was performed by a licensed/certified medical 
professional, such as a physical therapist (PT) or occupational therapist (OT), or practitioner who has specific 
training and experience in rehabilitation wheelchair evaluations and that documents the medical necessity for 
the wheelchair and its special features (see Documentation Requirements section). The PT, OT, or practitioner 
may have no financial relationship with the supplier; and 
    D. The wheelchair is provided by a supplier that employs a Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive 
Technology Society of North America (RESNA)-certified Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) who 
specializes in wheelchairs and who has direct, in-person involvement in the wheelchair selection for the 
beneficiary. 
 
If the PWC base is not covered, then related accessories will be denied. You can find this information in the 
Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Power Mobility Devices (L33789). 
 
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 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 & 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 Plan 
contract includes a list of covered supplemental dental services. The contract specifically says that any 
procedure not listed is not covered. Core buildup, including any pins when required (D2950) and pulp cap 
(D3120) are not included on this list and are not covered supplemental benefits. You can find this information 
on pages 75 to 77, 88, and 89 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 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 & 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 on pages 95 to 96 of the Plan's 2024 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 cytogenic studies are used to describe the microscopic examination of the physical 
appearance of human chromosomes. Medicare covers these tests when they are reasonable and necessary for 
the diagnosis or treatment of the following conditions: 
 
1. Genetic disorders (e.g., mongolism) in a fetus; (See the Medicare Benefit Policy Chapter 15, "Covered 
Medical and Other Health Services," 20.1) 
2. Failure of sexual development; 
3. Chronic myelogenous leukemia; 
4. Acute leukemias lymphoid (FAB L1-L3), myeloid (FAB M0-M7), and unclassified; or 
5. Mylodysplasia 
 
You can find this rule in the National Coverage Determination (NCD) - Cytogenic Studies (190.3). 
 
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.
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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 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. 
 
The rules say that inpatient hospitals should bill for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) services 
on an 11X type of bill effective for discharges on or after May 1, 2012. Inpatient hospital discharges for TAVR 
shall be rejected when billed without: 
 
1. ICD-9 V70.7 through September 30, 2015, ICD-10 Z00.6 for dates of service on or after October 1, 
2015, and Condition Code 30. 
2. An 8-digit clinicaltrials.gov identifier number listed on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) 
website (effective July 1, 2013). 
 
You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, 
Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 32, Section 290.3. 
 
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.
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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 a Group 3 power wheelchair (PWC) with single power option (such as code K0856) is 
covered if: 
     A. All of the coverage criteria for a PWC are met; and 
     B. The beneficiarys mobility limitation is due to a neurological condition, myopathy, or congenital 
deformity; and 
     C. The beneficiary has had a specialty evaluation that was performed by a licensed/certified medical 
professional, such as a physical therapist (PT) or occupational therapist (OT), or practitioner who has specific 
training and experience in rehabilitation wheelchair evaluations and that documents the medical necessity for 
the wheelchair and its special features (see Documentation Requirements section). The PT, OT, or practitioner 
may have no financial relationship with the supplier; and 
     D. The wheelchair is provided by a supplier that employs a Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive 
Technology Society of North America (RESNA) certified Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) who 
specializes in wheelchairs and who has direct, in-person involvement in the wheelchair selection for the 
beneficiary. 
     E. Criterion 1 or 2 is met; and 
          1. The beneficiary meets coverage criteria for a power tilt and recline seating system (see Wheelchair 
Options and Accessories policy) and the system is being used on the wheelchair. 
          2. The beneficiary uses a ventilator which is mounted on the wheelchair. 
 
If the PWC base is not covered, then related accessories will be denied. You can find this information in the 
Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Power Mobility Devices (L33789). 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
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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 $298 copayment for in-network inpatient hospital care. The enrollee 
must pay a $298 copayment each day, for days 1 to 5 for in-network inpatient hospital care. You can find this 
information on page(s) 57-58 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage.
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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 & 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. The contract also says that 
enrollees may be billed by the out-of-network provider for any charged amount greater than the payment made 
by the Plan. You can find this information in Chapter 4 on page 112 of the Plan's 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 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 as of January 1, 2013, for most evaluation and management (E&M) visit 
families, practitioners will select visit level based on the level of medical decision making (MDM) or the 
amount of time spent by the physician or non-physician practitioner. For some types of visits (such as 
emergency department visits and critical care), in accordance with their CPT codes, practitioners do not have 
this choice and will use only MDM or only time to bill. It would not be medically necessary or appropriate to 
bill a higher level of E/M service when a lower level of service is warranted. The volume of documentation 
should not be the primary influence upon which a specific level of service is billed. Documentation should 
support the level of service reported. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
(CMS), Internet Only Manual (IOM), Pub 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12, Section 
30.6.1. 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 that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) has established units of service edits 
referred to as Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs). An MUE for a Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System 
(HCPCS)/Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code is the maximum number of units of service under most 
circumstances allowable by the same provider for the same enrollee on the same date of service. Claims 
submitted where the unit of service exceeds the MUE value for that HCPCS/CPT code will be denied. 
 
Beginning on April 1, 2013, CMS introduced the MUE Adjudication Indicator (MAI) to differentiate between 
types of MUEs. If a code has an MAI of 1, appropriate use of a modifier may be used to report the same code 
on separate lines of the claim. MUEs for codes with an MAI of 2 are absolute date of service edits. These are 
per day edits based on policy. MUEs for codes with an MAI of 3 are per day edits based on clinical 
benchmarks. Codes with an MAI of 3 are based on criteria combined with data such that it would be 
possible, but medically unlikely, that higher values would represent correctly reported medically necessary 
services. To be paid, there must be evidence (e.g., medical review) that the excess units were actually provided, 
were correctly coded, and were medically necessary. 
 
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare National Correct Coding 
Initiative Policy Manual for Medicare Services, Chapter I(V). 
 
The rules say that the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) was developed to prevent inappropriate 
payment of services that should not be reported together. NCCI edits are organized in a Column One/Column 
Two table. Each edit is a pair of codes that should not be reported together. If a provider reports two codes of 
an edit pair, only the Column One code is payable. For edits with a modifier indicator of 0, the Column Two 
code cannot be paid regardless of whether a modifier is used. You can find this in the NCCI Manual, Chapter I. 
 
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 $350 copayment for outpatient hospital facility visits.  You can find this 
information on page(s) 93 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage.