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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 includes exams, bitewing x-rays, dental cleanings, composite restorations (fillings), scaling-generalized inflammation, scaling and root planing, periodontal maintenance, and anesthesia. Enrollees must pay 50% of covered dental services rendered by an out-of-network provider. Network dentists have agreed to provide services at the negotiated rate. If you see a network dentist, you cannot be billed more than that rate for covered services. Benefits received out-of-network are subject to any in-network benefit maximums, limitations, and/or exclusions. You may be billed by the out-of-network provider for any amount greater than the payment made by the Plan to the provider. You can find this information on pages 90-91 of the Plan's 2021 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 plans must make reasonable and diligent efforts to gather and forward information 
to the Independent Review Entity (IRE). You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Parts C & D Enrollee Grievances, Organization/Coverage 
Determinations, and Appeals Grievance Manual, Section 50.12.1. 
 
The rules say that Medicare will pay for durable medical equipment that is needed for use in the home. Your 
home may be a dwelling, an apartment, a relatives home, a home for the aged, or some other type of 
institution. However, an institution may not be considered your home if it is an acute hospital or a skilled 
nursing facility (SNF). You can find these rules in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet 
Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 110.1(D). 
 
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 epidural steroid injections (ESI) will be considered medically reasonable and necessary when the following three requirements are met: 
1. History, physical examination, and concordant radiological image-based diagnostic testing supporting one of the following: -Lumbar, cervical or thoracic radiculopathy, radicular pain and/or neurogenic claudication due to disc herniation, osteophyte or osteophyte complexes, severe degenerative disc disease, producing foraminal or central spinal stenosis 
-Post-laminectomy syndrome 
-Acute herpes zoster associated pain 
2. Radiculopathy, radicular pain and/or neurogenic claudication is severe enough to greatly impact quality of life or function. An objective pain scale or functional assessment must be performed at baseline (prior to interventions). The same scale*must be repeated at each follow-up for assessment of response. 
3. Pain duration of at least four (4) weeks, and the inability to tolerate noninvasive conservative care or medical documentation of failure to respond to four (4) weeks of noninvasive conservative care or acute herpes zoster refractory to conservative management where a four (4) week wait is not required 
You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) - Epidural Steroid Injections for Pain Management (L39036) - Effective December 5, 2021. 
The rules say that repeat epidural steroid injection may be covered when the first injection directly and significantly provided improvement of the condition being treated. The repeat injection may be considered medically reasonable and necessary when the medical record documents at least 50% of sustained improvement in pain relief and/or improvement in function measured from baseline using the same scale* for at least three months. You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) - Epidural Steroid Injections for Pain Management (L39036) - Effective December 5, 2021.
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 inserts and other shoe modifications (L3000) are covered if they are on a shoe that is an integral 
part of a covered brace and if they are medically necessary for the proper functioning of the brace. You can 
find this information in Medicare's Local Coverage Article Orthopedic Footwear - Policy Article A52481). 
 
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 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 
offers a supplemental (extra) benefit to cover routine hearing services which are not covered by Original 
Medicare. This benefit includes one routine hearing test every year, hearing aid fitting evaluations, and up to 2 
hearing aids per year, 1 hearing aid per ear through the Plan's specified routine hearing vendor. You pay a 
copayment for each hearing aid, and the copayment amount depends on the type of hearing aid purchased. 
Hearing aid types other than the ones listed in the contract from the Plan's specified vendor are not covered. 
You can find this information on pages 80-81 of the Plan's 2021 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 may cover a drug or biological if it is safe and effective and otherwise reasonable 
and necessary. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only 
Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 50.4.1. 
  
Medicare rules also allow the plan to use step therapy. This is the process of beginning drug therapy for a 
medical condition with "preferred" (or more cost-effective) on-formulary drug alternative(s) and progressing to 
other drug therapies only as necessary. A plan must grant an exception to its step therapy rules if it determines 
that the requested drug is medically necessary, consistent with the prescriber's statement. The statement must 
show that the step therapy drugs: have been ineffective in treating the enrollee; or are likely to be ineffective or 
adversely affect the drug's effectiveness or patient compliance; or are likely to cause an adverse reaction or 
other harm to the enrollee.  
 
Medicare Advantage plans should ensure that new step therapy requirements do not disrupt ongoing Part B 
drug therapies for enrollees. Step therapy may only be applied to new prescriptions or administrations of Part B 
drugs for enrollees that are not actively receiving the affected medication. You can find this information at 42 
CFR Sections 422.2 and 422.136. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The contract 
says that the Plan has step therapy requirements for certain Medicare Part B covered drugs/biologicals. 
Enrollees may be required to try a preferred drug before the Plan will approve the requested medication. You 
can find this information on page 69 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 screening tests are excluded from coverage. The only exceptions are for the following 
services: 
 
1. screening mammography,  
2. colorectal cancer screening tests, 
3. screening pelvic exams,  
4. prostate cancer screening tests,  
5. glaucoma screening exams,  
6. ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA),  
7. cardiovascular disease screening tests,  
8. diabetes screening tests, and 
9. screening electrocardiograms, and 
10. certain other testing recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force and approved by 
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service. 
 
You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 411.15(a)(1) and 42 CFR Section 410.64. 
 
The rules say that coverage of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) as a diagnostic laboratory test for patients 
with advanced cancer only when the test is performed in a CLIA-certified laboratory, when ordered by a 
treating physician, and when the patient has: 
either recurrent, relapsed, refractory, metastatic, or advanced stages 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 these rules in the Medicare National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Next Generation 
Sequencing (NGS), 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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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 no more than two of the same socket inserts (L5654, L5655, L5656, L5658, L5661, L5665, 
L5673, L5679, L5681, L5683) are allowed per individual prosthesis at the same time. This rule is found in 
Medicare Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Lower Limb Prostheses (L33787). 
 
Medicare rules also state that payment may be made for the replacement of a prosthetic device that is an 
artificial limb, or replacement part of a device if the ordering physician determines that the replacement device 
or part is necessary because of any of the following: 
 
1. A change in the physiological condition of the patient; 
2. An irreparable change in the condition of the device, or in a part of the device; or 
3. The condition of the device, or the part of the device, requires repairs and the cost of such repairs would be 
more than 60 percent of the cost of a replacement device, or, as the case may be, of the part being replaced. 
 
This rule is found in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual: Chapter 15- Covered Medical and Other Health 
Services, Section 120- Prosthetic Devices. 
 
The rules state that supplier produced records, even if signed by the prescribing physician/practitioner, and 
attestation letters (e.g. letters of medical necessity) are deemed not to be part of a medical record for Medicare 
payment purposes. This rule is found in Local Coverage Article: Standard Documentation Requirements for All 
Claims Submitted to DME MACs (A55426). 
 
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 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 43-51 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 lower limb prosthetic covers (L5704) are complete products and afford shape, protection and 
waterproofing for normal daily usage of the prosthesis. They offer sufficient protection and weatherproofing 
for beneficiaries who require lower limb prosthetics. You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Article 
(LCA) - Lower Limb Prostheses - Policy Article (A52496) - Effective August 1, 2020. 
 
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 an Implantable (or Insertable Loop) Recorder (ILR) 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 Holter monitor or a traditional pre-symptom 
memory loop recorder. You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
(CMS), Internet-Only Manual, Publication 100-03, Medicare National Coverage Determinations (NCD) 
Manual, Section 20.15. 
 
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 non-emergency ambulance services may be those that are scheduled in advance  scheduled 
services being either repetitive or non-repetitive. 
 
Refer to CFR, Volume 2, Title 42, Chapter IV, Subchapter B, Part 410, Subpart B, Section 410.40 for full 
details regarding non-emergency ambulance services. 
 
One condition of coverage is that the beneficiary be bed-confined. Please refer to CMS IOM Publication 100-
02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 10, Section 10.2.3 for additional information on bed-
confinement. 
 
Statements about the patients bed-confined status must be validated in the record with contemporaneous 
objective observations and findings as to the patients functional physical or mental limitations that have 
rendered him bed-bound. 
 
Ambulance transportation for services excluded from SNF consolidated billing must meet the criteria as 
reasonable and necessary as indicated in CMS IOM Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, 
Chapter 6, Section 20.3.1. 
 
You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Ambulance Services (Ground 
Ambulance) L35162. 
 
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 Medicare covers pneumatic devices when medically necessary for the treatment of 
lymphedema and/or for the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency with venous stasis ulcers. You can find 
this in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-03, Medicare 
National Coverage Determinations Manual, Chapter 1, Section 280.6. 
 
The rules say that a pneumatic compression device (PCD) coded as E0650 or E0651 is covered for both 
primary and secondary lymphedema in beneficiaries with chronic and severe lymphedema when all of the 
following three requirements are met: 
1. The beneficiary has a diagnosis of lymphedema, and 
2. The beneficiary has persistence of chronic and severe lymphedema as identified by the documented presence 
of at least one of the following clinical findings: 
   - Marked hyperkeratosis with hyperplasia and hyperpigmentation, 
   - Papillomatosis cutis lymphostatica, 
   - Deformity of elephantiasis, 
   - Skin breakdown with persisting lymphorrhea, 
   - Detailed measurements over time confirming the persistence of the lymphedema with a history evidencing a 
likely etiology, and 
3. In addition to this documented persistence, the lymphedema is then documented to be unresponsive to other 
clinical treatment over the course of a required four-week trial. 
You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD): 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 effective January 1, 2002, sacral nerve stimulation is covered for the treatment of urinary 
urge incontinence, urgency-frequency syndrome, and urinary retention. Sacral nerve stimulation involves both 
a temporary test stimulation to determine if an implantable stimulator would be effective and a permanent 
implantation in appropriate candidates. Both the test and the permanent implantation are covered. 
The following limitations for coverage apply to all three indications: 
1. Patient must be refractory to conventional therapy (documented behavioral, pharmacologic and/or 
surgical corrective therapy) and be an appropriate surgical candidate such that implantation with 
anesthesia can occur. 
2. Patients with stress incontinence, urinary obstruction, and specific neurologic diseases (e.g., diabetes 
with peripheral nerve involvement) which are associated with secondary manifestations of the above 
three indications are excluded. 
3. Patient must have had a successful test stimulation in order to support subsequent implantation. Before 
a patient is eligible for permanent implantation, he/she must demonstrate a 50% or greater improvement 
through test stimulation. Improvement is measured through voiding diaries. 
4. Patient must be able to demonstrate adequate ability to record voiding diary data such that clinical 
results of the implant procedure can be properly evaluated. 
You can find these rules in the Medicare National Coverage Determination (NCD) Sacral Nerve Stimulation 
For Urinary Incontinence, Section 230.18. 
 
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 coverage of services incident to the professional services of a physician or non-physician 
practitioner (NPP) is limited to situations in which there is direct supervision of auxiliary personnel. Direct 
supervision in the office setting means the physician must be present in the office suite and immediately 
available and able to provide assistance and direction throughout the time the service is performed. You can 
find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, 
Chapter 15, Section 60. 
 
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.