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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. The Plan contract says that 
Dental services are covered at a $0 copayment until the maximum allowable benefit of $5,000 is reached 
annually. 
 
 Your benefit can be used for most dental treatments such as: 
 Preventive dental services, such as exams, routine cleanings, etc. 
 Basic dental services, such as fillings, extractions, etc. 
 Major dental services, such as periodontal scaling, crowns, dentures, root canals, implants, bridges, etc. 
 
Limitations and exclusions may apply. Subject to the claims review process which may include a clinical 
review. You can find this information on page 80 of the 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.  
 
The rules say that Medicare Part B generally does not pay for drugs that are usually self-administered by the 
patients who take them. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet 
Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Sections 50, 50.2, 50.5, and 
110.3. 
 
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 enrollees must pay a $95 copayment for emergency room services. You can find this 
information on page 55 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage.  
 
The contract also says that enrollees pay $0 copayments for professional services in the inpatient hospital 
setting in-network. You can find this on pages 60-61 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 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 pages 28-29 of the Plan's 2023 
Evidence of Coverage. 
 
The Plan contract also says there is a POS plan coverage limit of $5,000 per calendar year. Once this limit is 
reached, you are responsible for 100% of the cost of out-of-network services. Having a POS benefit does not 
mean that all services are automatically covered out of the network. This POS benefit only allows the member 
to seek medically necessary, covered services from an out-of-network provider. You can find this information 
on page 32 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that Medicare will not pay for dental services. Dental services are items and services involving 
the care, treatment, filling, removal or replacement of teeth or structures directly supporting the teeth. Medicare 
defines "structures directly supporting the teeth" as the periodontium, which includes the gingivae, 
dentogingival junction, periodontal membrane, cementum of the teeth, and alveolar process. You can find this 
rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(12) and in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 150. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The contract 
says that the Plan covers certain dental services as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit does not include 
D0150. You can find this information on pages 58-59 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 state that Implantable (or Insertable Loop) Recorder (ILR): Another type of pre-symptom MLR, it is 
implanted subcutaneously in a patients upper left chest and may remain implanted for many months. An ILR 
is used when syncope is thought to be cardiac-related but is too infrequent to be detected by either a HolterTM 
monitor or a traditional pre-symptom MLR. You can find this rule at the Medicare National Coverage 
Determination (NCD) 20.15: Electrocardiographic Services. 
 
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). 
 
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 The thermal radiofrequency destruction of cervical, thoracic, or lumbar paravertebral facet 
joint (medial branch (MB)) nerves are considered medically reasonable and necessary for patients who 
meet ALL the following criteria: 
 
 Initial thermal RFA: 
 After the patient has had at least 2 medically reasonable and necessary diagnostic MBBs, with each 1 
providing a consistent minimum of 80% sustained relief of primary (index) pain (with the duration of relief 
being consistent with the agent used); AND 
Repeat thermal facet joint RFA at the same anatomic site is considered medically reasonable and necessary 
provided the patient had a minimum of consistent 50% improvement in pain for at least 6 months or at least 
50% consistent improvement in the ability to perform previously painful movements and ADLs as compared to 
baseline measurement using the same scale 
 
Frequency Limitation: For each covered spinal region no more than 2 radiofrequency sessions will be 
reimbursed per rolling 12 months. 
 
You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Facet Joint Interventions for Pain 
Management L38765. 
 
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 the test panel is a single test with multiple components and is characterized by a single unit 
of service (UOS =1). A panel cannot be unbundled and billed as individual components regardless of the fact 
that the test reports multiple individual pathogens and/or targets. You can find this information in the Local 
Coverage Article (LCA): Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease 
Pathogen Identification Testing (A58726). 
 
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 definition of modifier -GY is that the item or service is statutorily excluded and does not 
meet the definition of any Medicare benefit. You can find this information on the Noridian Healthcare 
Solutions website at https://med.noridianmedicare.com/web/jeb/topics/modifiers/gy. 
 
The rules state that modifier -GZ is used for services the provider believes will be denied for medical necessity 
when the enrollee was not informed of noncoverage. You can find this on the Noridian Healthcare Solutions 
website at https://med.noridianmedicare.com/web/jeb/topics/modifiers/gz. 
 
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. The Plan contract also says 
that this benefit includes coverage for a crown - porcelain/ceramic (D2740), core buildup, including any pins 
when required (D2950) but each are limited to 1 per tooth every 60 months. You can find this information on 
pages 98-99 of the Plan's 20123 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 imaging (plain radiographs and a computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance 
imaging (MRI)) of the sacroiliac (SI) joint that excludes the presence of destructive lesions (e.g. tumor, 
infection) or inflammatory arthropathy that would not be properly addressed by percutaneous SIJ fusion; 
 
You can find these rules in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Percutaneous minimally invasive 
fusion/stabilization of the sacroiliac join for the treatment of back pain (L36000). 
 
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 can be covered only for enrollees who have a mobility 
limitation that is due to: 
 
1. A neurological condition; 
2. Myopathy; or 
3. Congenital skeletal deformity. 
You can find this rule in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): 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 state that the medical necessity for a walker with an enclosed frame (E0144) has not been established. 
Therefore, this item is not covered.  You can find this rule at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Local Coverage Determination L33791 entitled "Walkers." 
 
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 state that definition of modifier -GY is that the item or service is statutorily excluded and does not 
meet the definition of any Medicare benefit. You can find this information on the Noridian Healthcare 
Solutions website at https://med.noridianmedicare.com/web/jeb/topics/modifiers/gy. 
 
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 plans may choose the networks of providers available to enrollees and may require enrollees 
to obtain authorization before receiving services. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112. 
 
The rules say that the plan must pay for emergency and urgently needed services. This rule applies whether the 
services are obtained in or out of the plans network. This rule applies whether or not there is prior 
authorization for the services. The rules say that an emergency is defined as when a prudent layperson would 
believe that without immediate medical attention there would be serious jeopardy to his or her health. The rules 
say that urgently needed services are those needed because of an unforeseen illness or condition and it is not 
reasonable to get the services from the plan. Generally, these services are needed while the enrollee is outside 
of the service area. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.113. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan 
contract 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 pages 32-33 of the Plans 
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 medical necessity for a walker with an enclosed frame (E0144) has not been established. Therefore, if an 
enclosed frame walker is provided, it will be denied as not reasonable and necessary. 
 
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 Centers for Medicare and 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. Codes with an MAI of 2 have been rigorously reviewed and vetted within 
CMS and obtain this MAI designation because units of service on the same date of service (DOS) in excess of 
the MUE value would be considered impossible because it was contrary to statute, regulation, or subregulatory 
guidance. 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(V). 
 
The rules say that critical care is a time-based service, and therefore, practitioners must document in the 
medical record the total time (not necessarily start and stop times) that critical care services are furnished by 
each reporting practitioner. Documentation needs to indicate that the services furnished to the patient, including 
any concurrent care by the practitioners, are medically reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis and/or 
treatment of illness and/or injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member. When a single 
physician furnishes 30-74 minutes of critical care services to a patient on a given date, the physician will report 
CPT code 99291. CPT code 99291 will be used only once per date even if the time spent by the practitioner is 
not continuous on that date. Thereafter, the physician will report CPT code 99292 for additional 30-minute 
time increments provided to the same patient. You can find these rules in the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 
12, Sections 30.6.12.2, and 30.6.12.8. 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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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 the Type of Bill codes 081x for non-hospital based and 082x for hospital-based services, 
with a fourth digit 0-8 which determines frequency. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 
11, 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.
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 $295 copayment for ambulance services. You can find this information 
on page(s) 47 to 48 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage.