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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 for care in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) when all of the following four 
factors are met: 
 
1. The patient requires skilled nursing or skilled rehabilitation services; 
2. The patient requires these services on a daily basis; 
3. As a practical matter, the daily skilled services can be provided only on an inpatient basis in a SNF; and 
4. The services are reasonable and necessary for the treatment of the patients illness or injury or the services 
must be needed to establish a safe and effective maintenance program or to prevent the patient's condition from 
getting worse.  
 
You can find these rules at 42 CFR Section 409.31 and in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 8, Section 30. 
 
The rules state that all SNF Part A inpatient services are paid under a prospective payment system (PPS). This 
involves payment based on a Health Insurance Prospective Payment System (HIPPS) rate code. Under the new 
Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), which is effective for services provided on or after 10/1/2019, the 
HIPPS code is structured differently, as a result of there being five case-mix adjusted rate components under 
the revised model. The first position represents the Physical and Occupational Therapy case-mix group. The 
second position represents the Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) case-mix group. The third character 
represents the nursing case-mix group. The fourth character represents the Non-Therapy Ancillary (NTA) case- 
mix group. The fifth character represents the assessment indicator code. You can find this information in the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS), Internet-Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare 
Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 6, Sections 10, 30, and 120. 
 
 The rules also say that active diagnoses are intended to code diseases that have a direct relationship to the 
residents current functional status, cognitive status, mood or behavior status, medical treatments, nursing 
monitoring, or risk of death. One of the important functions of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment is to 
generate an updated, accurate picture of the residents current health status. You can find this rule in the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Version 3.0 
Manual, Chapter 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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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 outpatient hospital services/lab services.  You can 
find this information on page(s) 37 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 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 & Medicaid Services, Medicare National Correct Coding Initiative Policy Manual for 
Medicare Services, Chapter I(A). 
 
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. 
 
The rules say that the Correct Coding Initiative was developed to promote correct coding and to control 
improper coding leading to inappropriate payment in Part B claims. The Coding Policy Manual also explains 
what is referred to as Column One/Column Two Correct Coding and Mutually Exclusive Edits. These are code 
pairs that should not be reported together. Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) subject all line items 
for the same beneficiary, same National Provider Identifier (NPI), and same date of service to National Correct 
Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits. The National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) File Formats continue to 
include a Correct Coding Modifier Indicator (CCMI) for the Column One / Column Two Correct Coding edit 
file. This indicator determines whether an NCCI Procedure to Procedure (PTP)-associated modifier causes the 
code pair to bypass the edit. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Internet 
Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 23, Section 20.9. 
 
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 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 does not include D6058. 
This benefit says that D2950, D2954, and D6245 are not approve when the required prior service is denied. 
You can find this information on pages 55-56 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 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 on page 9 of the 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 claims or claim lines that have been determined to be exact duplicates of another claim or 
claim line are denied. However, such denials may be appealed. An exact duplicate for physician and other 
supplier claims is a claim that exactly matches another claim or claim line with respect to, among other items, 
provider number, date of service, procedure code, place of services, and billed amount. You can find this rule 
in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims 
Processing Manual, Chapter 1, Section 120.2. 
 
The rules say that the only chiropractic service Medicare covers is manual manipulation of the spine to correct 
a subluxation if the subluxation has resulted in a neuromusculoskeletal condition for which manual 
manipulation is appropriate treatment. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 410.21(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 says that covered chiropractic services only include manual manipulation of the spine to 
correct subluxation. You can find this information on page 60 of the Plans 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 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) covers percutaneous left atrial 
appendage closure (LAAC) for non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) through Coverage with Evidence 
Development (CED) with the following conditions: 
a. LAAC devices are covered when the device has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 
Premarket Approval (PMA) for that devices FDA-approved indication and meet all of the conditions specified 
below: 
 
The patient must have: 
   - A CHADS2 score greater than or equal to 2 (Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age greater than 
75, Diabetes, Stroke/transient ischemia attack/thromboembolism) or CHA2DS2-VASc score greater than or 
equal to 3 (Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age greater than or equal to 65, Diabetes, Stroke/transient 
ischemia attack/thromboembolism, Vascular disease, Sex category) 
   - A formal shared decision-making interaction with an independent non-interventional physician using an 
evidence-based decision tool on oral anticoagulation in patients with NVAF prior to LAAC. Additionally, the 
shared decision-making interaction must be documented in the medical record. 
   - A suitability for short-term warfarin but deemed unable to take long-term oral anticoagulation following 
the conclusion of shared decision making, as LAAC is only covered as a second line therapy to oral 
anticoagulants. The patient (preoperatively and postoperatively) is under the care of a cohesive, 
multidisciplinary team (MDT) of medical professionals. The procedure must be furnished in a hospital with an 
established structural heart disease (SHD) and/or electrophysiology (EP) program. 
 
You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Internet-Only Manual, 
Publication 100-03, Medicare National Coverage Determinations (NCD) Manual, Section 20.34. 
 
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 
D6057 or D6065. You can find this information on pages 49-50 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 has determined for which surgical services an assistant surgeon is medically 
necessary. This information can be found in the Medicare Fee Schedule Database. If the database contains an 
assistant at surgery indicator of 1 for the surgical procedure in question, Medicare has determined that an 
assistant is not medically necessary. Assistant surgeons will not be paid for these procedures. You can find this 
rule in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Medicare Claims Processing 
Manual, Chapter 12, Section 40.8. 
 
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.
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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 for a screening BMM once every 2 years (at least 23 months have passed 
since the month the last covered BMM was performed). You can find this information in the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 80.5.5. 
 
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 for qualified individuals (generally, this means people at risk of losing bone mass or at risk of 
osteoporosis), the following services are covered every 24 months or more frequently if medically necessary. 
You can find this information on page 56 of 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 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 $150 copayment for outpatient diagnostic tests/Medicare-
coveredradiological diagnostic services.  You can find this information on page(s) 79 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 state that for any item to be covered by Medicare, it must 1) be eligible for a defined Medicare 
benefit category, 2) be reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury or to improve 
the functioning of a malformed body member, and 3) meet all other applicable Medicare statutory and 
regulatory requirements. Information provided in this policy article relates to determinations other than 
those based on Social Security Act 1862(a)(1)(A) provisions (i.e. reasonable and necessary). 
 
Lower limb prostheses are covered under the Medicare Artificial Legs, Arms and Eyes benefit (Social Security 
Act 1861(s)(9)). In order for a beneficiary to be eligible for reimbursement, the reasonable and necessary 
(R&N) requirements set out in the related Local Coverage Determination must be met. In addition to meeting 
the benefit policy, there are specific statutory payment policy requirements, discussed below, that also must be 
met. 
 
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 the purpose of the NCCI Procedure to Procedure (PTP) edits is to prevent improper 
payment when incorrect code combinations are reported. The NCCI contains one table of edits for physicians 
or practitioners and one table of edits for outpatient hospital services. The purpose of the NCCI Medically 
Unlikely Edits (MUE) program is to prevent improper payments when services are reported with incorrect units 
of service. 
 
The rules say that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued replacement files for NCCI 
Procedure to Procedure (PTP) edits for the October 1, 2023 files (PRA and OPH). Effective July 1, 2023, CMS 
implemented NCCI PTP edits between Column One codes 80305, 80306, and 80307 for presumptive test(s), 
and Column Two codes G0480  G0483, and G0659 for definitive test(s). CMS will withdraw these edits 
retroactive to July 1, 2023 in a replacement file for the 4th quarter of 2023. The MACs will adjust those claims 
with dates of service between July 1, 2023 and October 1, 2023 to allow payment as appropriate under existing 
payment and coverage policies. You can find this information at https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-
billing/ncci-medicare. 
 
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 only chiropractic service Medicare covers is manual manipulation of the spine to correct 
a subluxation if the subluxation has resulted in a neuromusculoskeletal condition for which manual 
manipulation is appropriate treatment. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 410.21(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 
says that the only covered chiropractic service is manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation. 
You can find this information on pages 44-45 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 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. The enrollee must 
pay a $20 copayment for each Medicare-covered physical and speech therapy services. You can find this 
information on page(s) 81 to 82 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 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 $175 copayment for ambulance services.  You can find this information 
on page(s) 54 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage.