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 state that a patient lift described by codes E0630, E0635, E0639, or E0640 is covered if transfer 
between bed and a chair, wheelchair, or commode is required and, without the use of a lift, the beneficiary 
would be bed confined. If the coverage criteria are not met, the lift will be denied as not reasonable and 
necessary. You can find this information in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Patient Lifts (L33799). 
 
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 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 pages 85 to 86 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 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 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 Guidance Manual, Section 50.12.1. 
 
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 says that enrollees must pay 20% coinsurance for intravenous, subcutaneous, and biological Part B 
drugs. You can find this information on page 85 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).  
 
The Plan contract says that enrollees must pay a $15 copayment for each x-ray service and 20% coinsurance 
for medical supplies. You can find this information on page 88 of the Plans 2022 EOC. 
 
The Plan contract also says that enrollees pay a $25 copayment for Medical covered physical, occupational, 
and speech therapy visits. You can find this information on page 92 of the Plans 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 the global surgery package of procedure with a global period of 90 days includes all 
additional medical or surgical services required of the surgeon during the postoperative period of the surgery 
because of complications which do not require additional trips to the operating room, follow-up visits during 
the postoperative period of the surgery that are related to recovery from the surgery, among other related 
services. In order to report an unrelated evaluation and management service by same physician during a 
postoperative period, modifier -24 must be used. Services submitted with the -24" modifier must be sufficiently 
documented to establish that the visit was unrelated to the surgery. You can find this information in the 
Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12, Section 40.1. 
 
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.
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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 transfer (i.e. the discharge of a beneficiary from one provider with a subsequent 
admission to another provider), is payable as a Part B ambulance transport, provided all program coverage 
criteria are met, because, at the time that the beneficiary is in transit, the beneficiary is not a patient of either 
provider and not subject to either the inpatient preadmission payment window or outpatient payment packaging 
requirements. This includes an outpatient transfer from a remote, off-campus emergency department (ER) to 
becoming an inpatient or outpatient at the main campus hospital, even if the ER is owned and operated by the 
hospital. You can find this rule in Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 10, Section 10.3.3 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans may specify brands and manufacturers as preferred and 
charge lower cost-sharing for the preferred brands or may limit the durable medical equipment (DME) to only 
those preferred brands and manufacturers, as long as they ensure that enrollees have access to all medically 
necessary (including non-preferred) DME products or brands. You can find this information in the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-16, Medicare Managed Care Manual 
Chapter 4, 10.12.2. 
 
The rules say that a health plan must disclose to its enrollees, in clear accurate terms, the benefits offered under 
a plan, including applicable conditions and limitations, premiums and cost-sharing, and any other conditions 
associated with receipt or use of benefits. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.111(a) and (b). 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan 
contract says coverage of test strips and home blood glucose monitors is limited to the OneTouch line by 
LifeScan. You can find this information on page 59 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules state that the Know Error DNA Specimen Provenance Assay is a statutorily excluded test. This rule is 
found in Local Coverage Article: Billing and Coding: MolDX: know error (A55172). 
 
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 an implantable loop recorder 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 loop recorder. This rule is 
found in National Coverage Determination (NCD): Electrocardiographic Services (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 a 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. This rule is found in Local Coverage Article: 
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 say that no provider or supplier shall receive payment for services furnished to a Medicare 
beneficiary unless the provider or supplier is enrolled in the Medicare program. You can find this information 
in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-08, Medicare 
Program Integrity Manual, Chapter 10, Section 10.1.2.  
 
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 also says that while you can get care from an out-of-network provider, the provider must be eligible to 
participate in Medicare.  If you go to a provider who is not eligible to participate in Medicare, you will be 
responsible for the full cost.  You can find this information on page 3-4 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 payment for inpatient psychiatric hospital services is to be made only for active treatment. 
For services to be designated as active treatment they must: 
 
1. be provided under an individualized treatment or diagnostic plan; 
 
2. reasonably be expected to improve the patients condition, or for the purpose of diagnosis; and 
 
3. be supervised and evaluated by a physician.   
 
You can find these rules in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 
100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 2, Sections 30.2.2 and 30.2.2.1. 
 
The rules say that Medicare will not pay any expenses for items or services which are not medically necessary 
and reasonable for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury. This exclusion extends to claims for services 
which are provided in inappropriate settings. You can find this rule in the Social Security Act, Section 
1862(a)(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.
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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 signs and/or symptoms of DVT are relatively non-specific; and due to the risk associated with pulmonary 
embolism (PE), objective testing is allowed in patients who are candidates for anticoagulation or invasive 
therapeutic procedures for the following: 
 
-Clinical signs and/or symptoms of DVT including, but not limited to, edema, tenderness, inflammation, and/or 
erythema; 
-Clinical signs and/or symptoms of pulmonary embolus (PE) including, but not limited to, hemoptysis, chest 
pain, and/or dyspnea; 
-Unexplained lower extremity edema status, post major surgical procedures, trauma, other or progressive 
illness/condition; and/or 
-Unexplained lower extremity pain, excluding pain of skeletal origin. 
 
These studies are rarely considered medically necessary for the following: 
 
-Bilateral limb edema in the presence of signs and/or symptoms of congestive heart failure, exogenous obesity 
and/or arthritis; and/or 
-Follow-up of phlebitis unless signs/symptoms suggest possible extension of thrombus. 
 
You can find this in the  Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Non-Invasive Vascular Studies (L33627). 
 
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 compression bandages and multi-layer systems are only covered when they are used as a 
primary or secondary dressing over wound(s) that meet the statutory requirements for a qualifying wound 
(surgically created or modified, or debrided). 
 
Claims for compression bandages and multi-layer systems used without a qualifying wound or when used for 
other non-qualifying conditions will be denied as statutorily non-covered, no benefit.  
 
Surgical dressings are covered when a qualifying wound is present. A qualifying wound is defined as either of 
the following: 
 
    -A wound caused by, or treated by, a surgical procedure; or, 
    -After debridement of the wound, regardless of the debridement technique. 
 
Claims for surgical dressings used for clinical conditions other than the qualifying wounds as described above 
will be denied as statutorily non-covered, no benefit. You can find this information in Local Coverage 
Determination (LCD): Surgical Dressings (L33831) and the associated Local Policy Article: Surgical Dressings 
(A54563). 
 
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 definitive drug testing is indicated when: 
 
    -The results of the screen are presumptively positive. 
    -Results of the screen are negative, and this negative finding is inconsistent with the patient's medical 
history. 
    -This test may also be used, when the coverage criteria of the policy are met AND there is no presumptive 
test available, locally and/or commercially, as may be the case for certain synthetic or semi-synthetic opioids. 
 
You can find this information in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Drug Testing (L34645). 
 
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 this is a non-coverage policy for genetic testing for thrombophilia testing for the Factor V 
Leiden (FVL) variant in F5 gene, the 20210G>(G20210A) variant in the F2 gene, and the MTHFR gene which 
encodes the 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase enzyme. Genetic testing for these genes for all risk 
factors, signs, symptoms, diseases, or conditions, including cardiovascular risk assessment, are noncovered 
except for pregnant patients. 
 
Testing for FVL and F2 G20210A mutations is indicated for pregnant patients who have a history of personal 
venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with a non-recurrent (transient) risk factor who are not otherwise 
receiving anticoagulant prophylaxis. The results of genetic testing can inform risk stratification for VTE 
recurrence and subsequent need for antenatal prophylaxis. However, Medicare will not add coverage of 
thrombophilia testing for pregnant women because they likely represent a very small group of potential 
Medicare (disabled) patients. Claims submitted on this limited Medicare population will deny per the policy 
but should be appealed for coverage with submission of medical records supporting the necessity for testing 
and specify how testing changed anticoagulant prophylaxis management for the patient.  
 
You can find these rules in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) MolDX: Genetic Testing for 
Hypercoagulability/Thrombophilia (Factor V Leiden, Factor II Prothrombin, and MTHFR) L36400. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.
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Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules state that to avoid unnecessary rejections, claims for drugs such as pegfilgrastim (J2506) and their 
non-chemotherapy administration should be billed as a pair on a separate claim from any chemotherapy. You 
can find this rule in Local Coverage Article: Billing and Coding: Complex Drug Administration Coding 
(A59073). 
 
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 Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) is reasonable and necessary for patients with medically 
refractory partial onset seizures for whom surgery is not recommended or for whom surgery has failed. 
Medicare will cover Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved VNS devices for treatment resistant 
depression (TRD) through Coverage with Evidence Development (CED) when offered in a Medicare-
approved, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial with a follow-up duration of at least one year with 
the possibility of extending the study to a prospective longitudinal study when the Medicare-approved, double-
blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial has completed enrollment, and there are positive interim findings. 
VNS is not reasonable and necessary for all other types of seizure disorders which are medically refractory and 
for whom surgery is not recommended or for whom surgery has failed. VNS is non-covered for the treatment 
of TRD when furnished outside of a Medicare-approved CED study. All other indications of VNS for the 
treatment of depression are nationally non-covered. 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 160.18. 
 
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.
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 gym benefits. Gym benefits include exercise classes, such as Tai 
Chi, yoga, and dance classes. 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. 
 
The rules say that sales taxes are included in the calculation of the Medicare fee schedule. For this reason, 
Medicare does not make separate payment for sales tax. You can find this rule in the Medicare Claims 
Processing Manual, Chapter 23, Section 80.3.1. 
 
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 contract 
says you are covered for a fitness benefit at participating locations. The Plan contract also says to go to the 
fitness program's website to learn more about this benefit or to call the Plan. You can find this information on 
pages 75 and 76 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC), and on pages 65 and 66 of the Plan's 2023 
EOC.