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. 
 
Medicare does not pay for eye exams for the purpose of prescribing, fitting, or changing eyeglasses or contact 
lenses for refractive error only. Medicare does not pay for procedures performed in the course of any eye exam 
to determine the refractive state of the eyes. Refractive procedures are not covered even when done in 
connection with otherwise covered diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury. You can find these rules at 42 
CFR Section 411.15(c). 
 
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 you pay $40 for each Medicare-covered outpatient visit for services to diagnose and/or treat a 
disease or condition of the eye. You can find this information on page 118 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of 
Coverage. 
 
The contract says you pay $0 for one pair of Medicare-covered standard eyeglasses with standard frames or 
contact lenses after cataract surgery when obtained from a provider in the Plan's approved Vision Care 
network. You will pay any cost over the Medicare-allowed charge if you purchase upgraded frames. The Plan 
contract also says also says if you use a non-participating provider, you would need to pay out of pocket and 
submit for reimbursement. You would be reimbursed up to $90 per calendar year. You must file a claim with 
the Plan's Vision Care department to get reimbursed. If the cost of the glasses exceeds the benefit limit, you are 
responsible for all additional charges. You can find this information on pages 120 to 122 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 $300 copayment per day for days 1-7 for inpatient hospital care. You 
can find this information in Chapter 4 on page 79 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that 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. You can find this information 
on pages 59-60 and 113-146 of the Plans 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that Medicare does not pay for hearing aids or examinations for the purpose of prescribing, 
fitting, or changing hearing aids. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 411.15(d). 
 
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 supplemental (extra) coverage is provided for hearing aids. This benefit includes 
coverage for approved hearing aids (1 per ear, per year) from the Plans select hearing aid provider. You can 
find this information on page 77 of the Plans 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 20% copayment for services to treat kidney disease. You can find this 
information in Chapter 4 on page 65 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that 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. You can find this information 
on pages 118-119, and 129 of the Plans 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. 
 
The rules say that a percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA)  (percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) or 
kyphoplasty (PKP)) is covered in patients with BOTH the following: 
1. Inclusion criteria (ALL are required):  
a. Acute (less than 6 weeks) or subacute (6-12 weeks) osteoporotic VCF (T1  L5) by recent (within 30 
days) advanced imaging (bone marrow edema on MRI or bone-scan/SPECT/CT uptake) 
b. Symptomatic (ONE): 
i. Hospitalized with severe pain (Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) or Visual Analog Scale (VAS) pain 
score greater than or equal to 8) 
ii. Non-hospitalized with moderate to severe pain (NRS or VAS greater than or equal to 5) despite 
optimal non-surgical management (NSM) (ONE): 
1. Worsening pain 
2. Stable to improved pain (but NRS or VAS still greater than or equal to 5) (with greater 
than or equal to 2 of the following): 
A. Progression of vertebral body height loss 
B. Greater than 25% vertebral body height reduction 
C. Kyphotic deformity 
D. Severe impact of VCF on daily functioning (Roland Morris Disability 
Questionnaire (RDQ) greater than 17) 
 
You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination for Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation (PVA) 
for Vertebral Compression Fracture (VCF), L38737.  
 
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 Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) as a diagnostic laboratory test is reasonable and 
necessary and covered nationally, when performed in a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments 
(CLIA)-certified laboratory, when ordered by a treating physician, and when the patient has either recurrent, 
relapsed, refractory, metastatic, or advanced stage III or IV cancer; and not been previously tested with the 
same test using NGS for the same cancer genetic content, and decided to seek further cancer treatment (e.g., 
therapeutic chemotherapy). You can find this rule at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet-
Only Publication 100-03, Medicare National Coverage Determinations Manual Section 90.2. 
 
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.
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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 the percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) is covered when used under the following 
conditions: 
1. Treatment of Atherosclerotic Obstructive Lesions 
In the lower extremities, i.e., the iliac, femoral, and popliteal arteries, or in the upper extremities, i.e., the 
innominate, subclavian, axillary, and brachial arteries. The upper extremities do not include head or neck 
vessels. 
Of a single coronary artery for patients for whom the likely alternative treatment is coronary bypass surgery 
and who exhibit the following characteristics: 
 Angina refractory to optimal medical management; 
 Objective evidence of myocardial ischemia; and 
 Lesions amenable to angioplasty. 
Of the renal arteries for patients in whom there is an inadequate response to a thorough medical management 
of symptoms and for whom surgery is the likely alternative. PTA for this group of patients is an alternative to 
surgery, not simply an addition to medical management. 
Of arteriovenous dialysis fistulas and grafts when performed through either a venous or arterial approach. 
 
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 
100-03, Medicare National Coverage Determination for Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA), 20.7.  
 
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.
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 your out-of-pocket maximum is $4,200. You can find this information on page 46 of the 
Plans 2022 EOC. The Plan contract also says that enrollees must pay a $250 copayment for each covered 
diagnostic procedure or test at a network outpatient facility. You can find this information on page 86 of the 
Plan's 2022 EOC.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost sharing information 
(such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.111(a) and 
(b). 
 
The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say 
that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to 
an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.2. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan 
contract says that enrollees must pay a $200 copayment for each outpatient surgery/and or services at an 
ambulatory surgical center. You can find this information on page 104 of the Plan's 2022 EOC.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost sharing information 
(such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.111(a) and 
(b). 
 
The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say 
that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to 
an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.2. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan 
contract says that enrollees must pay a $325 copayment for outpatient diagnostic test. You can find this 
information on page(s) 99 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that Medicare does not pay for hearing aids or examinations for the purpose of prescribing, 
fitting, or changing hearing aids. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 411.15(d). 
 
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 supplemental (extra) coverage is provided for hearing aids. This benefit includes    
a $1,000 allowance every two years for hearing aids. You can find this information on page 4-22 of the Plans 
2022 Evidence of Coverage.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost sharing information 
(such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.111(a) and 
(b). 
 
The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say 
that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to 
an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.2. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan 
contract says there is no coinsurance, copayment, or deductible for covered in-network screening 
mammograms; additional testing may require an x-ray copayment, and when services other than preventative 
are performed, the cost share associated with the other service will apply. You can find this information on 
page 56 of the Plans 2022 EOC. The Plan contract also says that enrollees must pay a $45 copayment for an 
in-network ultrasound. You can find this information on page 81 of the Plan's 2022 EOC.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost sharing information 
(such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.111(a) and 
(b). 
 
The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say 
that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to 
an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.2. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan 
contract says that enrollees must pay a $30 copayment for physician/practitioner services, including doctors 
office visitp. You can find this information on page(s) 94-95 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that 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 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 32 of the Plan's 2023 
Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that cardiovascular nuclear imaging is indicated for the following: 
 
- Assessment of the functional and prognostic importance of angina; 
- Diagnostic evaluation of patients with chest pain and uninterpretable or equivocal ECG changes caused by 
drugs, bundle branch block, or left ventricular hypertrophy; 
- Assessment of congenital anomalies of coronary arteries; 
- Risk assessment or re-evaluation of disease in patients who are asymptomatic or have stable symptoms, with 
known atherosclerotic heart disease on catheterization or SPECT perfusion imaging, who have not had a 
revascularization procedure within the past two years; 
- Detection of coronary artery disease in patients, without chest pain syndrome, with new-onset of diagnosed 
heart failure or left ventricular systolic dysfunction; 
- Evaluation of ischemic versus non-ischemic cardiomyopathy when cardiac catheterization / coronary 
angiography are not planned; 
- Evaluation of myocardial perfusion and/or function before and after coronary artery bypass surgery or other 
re-perfusion procedures; 
- Quantification and surveillance of myocardial infarction and prognostication in patients with infarction; 
- Preoperative assessment for non-cardiac surgery, when used to determine risk for surgery and/or perioperative 
management in: 
 patients with minor or intermediate clinical risk predictors and poor functional capacity; 
 patients with intermediate or high likelihood of coronary heart disease, or 
 patients with poor functional capacity undergoing high risk non-cardiac surgery; 
- Evaluation of ventricular function in patients with non-ischemic myocardial disease; 
- Evaluation of patients in whom an accurate measure of the ejection fraction is needed to make a 
determination of whether to implant a defibrillator or biventricular pacemaker; 
- Evaluation of a patient receiving chemotherapeutic drugs which are potentially cardiotoxic (e.g., adriamycin). 
- First pass studies will be considered medically necessary only when information sought is immediately 
relevant to the management of the patients clinical condition, and has not been previously obtained or likely to 
be obtained from other planned tests such as echocardiography or equilibrium gated blood pool studies. First 
pass studies may be indicated for the assessment and identification of shunts. 
- Infarct avid scintigraphy is indicated in patients in whom it is not possible to make a definitive diagnosis of 
myocardial infarction by EKG or enzyme testing. 
 
You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination for Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine, L33560. 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.