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 to qualify for home health services, the patient must be: 
 
1. Confined to the home;  
2. Under the care of a physician or allowed practitioner;  
3. Receiving services under a plan of care established and reviewed by a physician;  
4. Be in need of (a) skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis, (b) physical therapy, (c) speech therapy or (d) 
continuing occupational therapy.  
You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 409.42. 
 
The rules say that eligibility for the home health benefit will be determined based on the certifying physician or 
allowed practitioners records. If the enrollee was directly admitted to home health from an acute or post-acute 
care facility, the facility records may be used instead. The medical records for the enrollee must contain 
information that justifies the referral for home health services. 
  
The certifying physician or allowed practitioner must document that there was a face-to-face encounter with the 
enrollee within the required timeframe. The records must contain the actual clinical note for the face-to-face 
encounter visit. You can find these rules in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only 
Manual, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Publication 100-02, Chapter 7, Section 30.5.1, 30.5.1.1, and 
30.5.1.2. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules state that a PCD coded as E0675 is used in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease. Claims for 
E0675 will be denied as not reasonable and necessary as outlined below. A PCD coded as E0675 to treat PAD 
is not eligible for reimbursement. There is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that reimbursement is justified. 
Claims for E0675 will be denied as not reasonable and necessary. You can find this rule in the Local Coverage 
Determination (LCD) for 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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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 in order to bill for ambulance transportation, providers must report one diagnosis code from 
the listing provided in the rules that best describes the enrollee's condition at the time of transport. In addition, a 
secondary diagnosis code must be reported from the list of four provided in the rule. These codes are Z74.01, 
Z74.3, Z78.1, or Z99.89. You can find this information in the Novitas Solutions Local Coverage Article 
(LCA): Billing and Coding: Ambulance Services (Ground Ambulance) (A54574). 
 
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 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 up to 24 one-way trips each year. Trips are limited to ground transportation and each one-way trip must 
not exceed 50 miles of driving distance. You can find this information on pages 4-72 to 4-73 of the Plans 2022 
Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules state that To report a Molecular Diagnostic Test service, please submit the following claim 
information: 
 
    Select appropriate CPT code 
    Enter 1 unit of service (UOS) 
    Enter the appropriate DEX Z-Code identifier adjacent to the CPT code in the comment/narrative field for the 
following Part B claim field/types: 
        Loop 2400 or SV101-7 for the 5010A1 837P 
        Box 19 for paper claim 
    Enter the appropriate DEX Z-Code identifier adjacent to the CPT code in the comment/narrative field for the 
following Part A claim field/types: 
        Line SV202-7 for 837I electronic claim 
        Block 80 for the UB04 claim form 
 
You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Article (LCA) for Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular 
Diagnostic Tests (MDT) (A56973). 
 
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 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 Noridian will provide limited coverage for the ConfirmMDx epigenetic assay for prostate 
cancer (MDxHealth, Irvine, CA) to reduce unnecessary repeat prostate biopsies. The MolDX Contractor 
recognizes that evidence for clinical utility for ConfirmMDx in males with previous negative prostate biopsy 
who are being considered for repeat biopsy is promising with evidence of some clinical utility at the current 
time.  The MolDX Contractor believes the clinical studies planned will generate sufficient additional data to 
demonstrate the utility of ConfirmMDx in males with previous negative prostate biopsy who are being 
considered for repeat biopsy.  Continued coverage of ConfirmMDx for males with previous negative prostate 
biopsy who are being considered for repeat biopsy will be dependent on semi-annual review of interim data, 
and/or peer-reviewed publications and/or presentations of clinical utility data demonstrating ConfirmMDx for 
males with previous negative prostate biopsy directs patient management as measured using clinical endpoints 
in one or more studies. You can find this information in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) MolDX: 
ConfirmMDx Epigenetic Molecular Assay L36327. 
 
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 plans may specify brands and manufacturers as preferred and charge lower cost-sharing for 
the preferred brands or may limit the DME to only those preferred brands and manufacturers, as long as the 
following conditions are met (42 CFR 422.100(l)): 
1. The MA plan provides all categories of DME covered under original Medicare Part B; 
2. The MA plan ensures that enrollees have access to all medically necessary (including non-preferred) 
DME products or brands; 
3. The MA plans contracted suppliers provide access to all preferred DME brands; 
4. During an enrollees first year of enrollment in an MA plan, if the enrollee requests, the plan will 
provide a 90-day transition period (commencing with the initial time of enrollment) during which the plan 
provides (and repairs, as applicable) non-preferred DME brands furnished in the previous year; 
5. Although the MA plan may add brands to its preferred formulary during the year, it may not remove 
any brands mid-year; 
6. The MA plan treats denials of non-preferred DME products or brands as organization determinations; 
7. The MA plan discloses DME coverage limitations and appeal rights in the case of a denial of a non-
preferred DME product or brand with the EOC and ANOC and on its website; and 
8. The MA plan provides full coverage, without limitation on brand and manufacturer, to DME categories 
or subcategories annually determined by CMS to require full coverage. 
 
You can find this rule in the Center for Medicare Services (CMS) Internet-Only Manual, Publication 100-16, 
Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 4, Section 10.12.2. 
 
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 Diabetic Testing supplies (meters and test strips) obtained through the pharmacy are limited 
to Ascensia branded products (Breeze and Contour) and LifeScan branded products (OneTouch Verio Flex, 
OneTouch Verio Reflect, OneTouch Verio, OneTouch Ultra Mini and OneTouch Ultra 2). Prior approval will 
be required for any other brands of meters and test strips. You can find this information on page 67 of the 2022 
Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that facet Joint Interventions are considered medically reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis 
and treatment of chronic pain in patients who meet ALL of the following criteria: 
 
        Moderate to severe chronic neck or low back pain, predominantly axial, that causes functional deficit 
measured on pain or disability scale11; AND* 
        Pain that has been present for a minimum of 3 months with documented failure to respond to noninvasive 
conservative care management (as tolerated)4,12; AND 
        Absence of untreated radiculopathy or neurogenic claudication (except for radiculopathy caused by facet 
joint synovial cyst)4,7; AND 
        There is no non-facet pathology per clinical assessment or radiology studies that could explain the source 
of the patients pain, including but not limited to fracture, tumor, infection, or significant deformity.11 
 
    *Pain assessment must be performed and documented at baseline, after each diagnostic procedure using the 
same pain scale for each assessment. A disability scale must also be obtained at baseline to be used for 
functional assessment (if patient qualifies for treatment). 
 
You can find this information in Medicare's Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Facet Joint Interventions 
for Pain Management (L34892). 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case.
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.
The rules say that a Medicare plan may restrict members to a network of providers as long as medically
necessary covered care is accessible and available through this network. The rules say that the Plan must
arrange for specialty care outside of the Plan provider network when network providers are unavailable or
inadequate to meet a member's medical needs. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(a)(3).
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says it is important to know which providers are part of the Plan network because, with
limited exceptions, while you are a member of our plan you may be required to use network providers to get
your medical care and services. The only exceptions are emergencies, urgently needed services when the
network is not available (generally, when you are out of the area), out-of-area dialysis services, and cases in
which the Plan authorizes use of out-of-network providers. The Plan does offer a Point-of-Service (POS)
benefit that provides coverage for many types of medical care when you see providers not in the network, such
as when you are traveling outside MVP's service area. Generally, you will pay higher copayments or
coinsurance when you receive care from providers not in our network. You can see this on page 11 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 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 up to 40 one-way trips to plan-approved locations every year. You can find this information on page 62 
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 say that coverage for parenteral iron in iron deficiency anemia (IDA): 
 
      1.      When oral supplementation has been tried and the patient has demonstrated significant 
gastrointestinal distress whereas compliance with an oral regimen is no longer feasible. This includes patients 
with chronic kidney disease who are not yet requiring dialysis; 
 
      2.      In beneficiaries who have a pathological or anatomical presentation where oral iron is unlikely to be 
absorbed or may further cause exacerbation of the underlying gastrointestinal disorder. This primarily includes 
use in patients with proven inflammatory bowel disease, short bowel/short gut syndrome and following gastric 
bypass surgery. This includes patients with a known abnormally high hepcidin level and those with iron 
refractory iron deficiency anemia; 
 
      3.      Beneficiaries with chemotherapy induced anemia when an erythropoietin stimulating agent is being 
used in accordance with Medicare guidelines and where oral supplementation is unlikely to be sufficient or the 
anemia is so severe as to require more urgent iron supplementation. If treating anemia exacerbated cardiac 
disease one should give precedence to transfusions in the acute setting; 
 
      4.      In a beneficiary who has ongoing iron losses (such as severe menorrhagia, Rendu-Osler-Weber 
disease) where oral iron replenishment is inadequate or contraindicated only until definitive intervention, when 
available, is successfully undertaken. 
 
      5.      Use in the pregnant beneficiary when iron stores are depleted such that the mother and/or the fetus are 
at risk of adverse outcomes and oral iron replenishment is either not tolerated or the anemia is of such severity 
as to require more immediate replenishment. Additionally, use in the peripartum period may be indicated when 
intra/post-partum hemorrhage is severe and by administering parenteral iron a transfusion may be avoided. This 
indication does not replace the strong consideration for transfusions when the hemorrhage is potentially life 
threatening. 
 
You can find this information in Medicare's Local Coverage Article Parenteral Iron Administration Coverage 
in Non-Dialysis Usage (A55734) 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case.
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.
The rules say that plans may choose the networks of providers available to enrollees and may require enrollees
to obtain authorization before receiving services. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(a) and in
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-16, Medicare
Managed Care Manual, Chapter 1, Section 20.2.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan
contract says that, with limited exceptions, members of the Plan must use network providers to get medical care
and services. The only exceptions are emergencies, urgently needed care when the network is not available
(generally, when the enrollee is out of the area), out-of-area dialysis services, and cases in which the Plan
authorizes the use of out-of-network providers. You can find this information on page 8 of the Plan's 2022
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 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 for vision care. You can find this information on page 
117 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
Medicare does not pay for low vision aids. This exclusion includes all devices that use one or more lenses to 
aid vision or magnify images. This rule applies no matter the size, form or technological features of the device. 
This rule does not apply to:  
 
1. post-surgical prosthetic lenses after surgery in which the lens of the eye was removed;  
 
2. prosthetic intraocular lenses (IOLs) and one pair of conventional eyeglasses or contact lenses furnished after 
each cataract surgery with insertion of an IOL; and  
 
3. prosthetic lenses used by those who are lacking the natural lens of the eye and who were not furnished with 
an IOL.  
You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 411.15(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 the Plan covers a mandatory supplemental vision benefit. In-network you pay any 
amount over $115. You can find this information on page 86 of the Plan's 2022 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 incontinence supplies are not covered because they are hygienic items that are non-reusable. 
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 
100-03, Medicare National Coverage Determinations Manual, Section 280.1. 
 
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 also says that the plan will cover certain over-the-counter items from the Plan's approved list, up to 
$95 per month.  Only those items on the list are available for coverage under this benefit.  You can find this 
information on page 95 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage.