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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 small volume nebulizer (A7003, A7004, A7005), and related compressor (E0570) are 
considered for coverage when it is reasonable and necessary to administer the following FDA-approved 
inhalation solutions listed below (refer to the Group 3 Codes in the LCD-related Policy Article for applicable 
diagnoses): 
 
    It is reasonable and necessary to administer albuterol (J7611, J7613), arformoterol (J7605), budesonide 
(J7626), cromolyn (J7631), formoterol (J7606), ipratropium (J7644), levalbuterol (J7612, J7614), 
metaproterenol (J7669), or revefenacin (J7677) for the management of obstructive pulmonary disease (refer to 
the Group 8 Codes in the LCD-related Policy Article for applicable diagnoses); or 
 
    It is reasonable and necessary to administer dornase alfa (J7639) to a beneficiary with cystic fibrosis (refer to 
the Group 9 Codes in the LCD-related Policy Article for applicable diagnoses); or 
 
    It is reasonable and necessary to administer tobramycin (J7682) to a beneficiary with cystic fibrosis or 
bronchiectasis (refer to the Group 10 Codes in the LCD-related Policy Article for applicable diagnoses); or 
 
    It is reasonable and necessary to administer pentamidine (J2545) to a beneficiary with HIV, pneumocystosis, 
or complications of organ transplants (refer to the Group 4 Codes in the LCD-related Policy Article for 
applicable diagnoses); or 
 
    It is reasonable and necessary to administer acetylcysteine (J7608) for persistent thick or tenacious 
pulmonary secretions (refer to the Group 7 Codes in the LCD-related Policy Article for applicable diagnoses). 
 
Compounded inhalation solutions (J7604, J7607, J7609, J7610, J7615, J7622, J7624, J7627, J7628, J7629, 
J7632, J7634, J7635, J7636, J7637, J7638, J7640, J7641, J7642, J7643, J7645, J7647, J7650, J7657, J7660, 
J7667, J7670, J7676, J7680, J7681, J7683, J7684, J7685, and compounded solutions billed with J7699) will be 
denied as not reasonable and necessary. 
 
If none of the drugs used with a nebulizer are covered, the compressor, the nebulizer, and other related 
accessories/supplies will be denied as not reasonable and necessary. 
 
You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Nebulizers L33370. 
 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 pays only for ambulance transport. Ambulance vehicles must be designed and 
equipped to meet certain requirements. The vehicle must have emergency warning lights, sirens, 
communications equipment, a stretcher, linens, emergency medical supplies, oxygen equipment and other life-
saving equipment. The vehicle also must be staffed with two people, one of whom is certified as an emergency 
medical technician. Medicare will not pay for transport by vehicles that do not meet these requirements. You 
can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 410.41(a). 
 
The rules say that plans may offer a supplemental benefit to provide transport not covered by original 
Medicare. The transport offered must be used only for the enrollee's health care needs, such as transport to the 
doctors office. The transport must be arranged or directly provided by the health plan. The transport may not 
be used for other than health-related purposes. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-16, Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 4, Section 30.3. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The contract 
says that the Plan covers routine, non-ambulance transportation as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit 
covers up to 12 one-way trips each year for routine transportation.  You can find this information on page 111 
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 say that the following indications are covered nationally unless otherwise indicated: 
1. Computer analysis of EKGs when furnished in a setting and under the circumstances required for 
coverage of other EKG services. 
2. EKG services rendered by an IDTF, including physician review and interpretation. Separate physician 
services are not covered unless he/she is the patients attending or consulting physician. 
3. Emergency EKGs (i.e., when the patient is or may be experiencing a life-threatening event) performed 
as a laboratory or diagnostic service by a portable x-ray supplier only when a physician is in attendance 
at the time the service is performed or immediately thereafter. 
4. Home EKG services with documentation of medical necessity. 
5. Transtelephonic EKG transmissions (effective March 1, 1980) as a diagnostic service for the indications 
described below, when performed with equipment meeting the standards described below, subject to the 
limitations and conditions specified below. Coverage is further limited to the amounts payable with 
respect to the physicians service in interpreting the results of such transmissions, including charges for 
rental of the equipment. The device used by the beneficiary is part of a total diagnostic system and is 
not considered DME separately. Covered uses are to: 
a. Detect, characterize, and document symptomatic transient arrhythmias; 
b. Initiate, revise, or discontinue arrhythmic drug therapy; or, 
c. Carry-out early post-hospital monitoring of patients discharged after myocardial infarction (MI); 
(only if 24-hour coverage is provided). 
Additionally, the transmitting devices must meet at least the following criteria: 
a. They must be capable of transmitting EKG Leads, I, II, or III; and, 
b. The tracing must be sufficiently comparable to a conventional EKG. 
You can find this rule in the Center for Medicare Services (CMS) Publication 100-03, Medicare National 
Coverage Determination (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 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 20% coinsurance for Medicare Part B drugs other than allergy antigens. 
You can find this information in Chapter 4 on pages 4-28 to 4-30 of the Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage.  
 
The Plan contract says that enrollees must pay $5 copayment for each standard X-Ray service and $80 
copayment for each covered radiological diagnostic service other than X-Rays. You can find this information 
in Chapter 4 on pages 4-31 to 4-34 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 effective January 18, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) covers 
leadless pacemakers through Coverage with Evidence Development (CED). CMS covers leadless pacemakers 
when procedures are performed in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved studies. CMS also covers, 
in prospective longitudinal studies, leadless pacemakers that are used in accordance with the FDA approved 
label for devices that have either: 
 
1. an associated ongoing FDA approved post-approval study; or 
2. completed an FDA post-approval study. 
 
You can find this rule in the National Coverage Determination (NCD) - Leadless Pacemakers (20.84.4) - 
Effective January 18, 2017. 
 
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 epidural steroid injections (ESI) will be considered medically reasonable and necessary when 
the following requirements are met: 
 
1. History, physical examination, and concordant radiological image-based diagnostic testing that supports one 
of the following: 
 
a. History, physical examination, and concordant radiological image-based diagnostic testing that supports one 
of the following 
b. 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 
c. Post-laminectomy syndrome 
d. 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 used 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 (L33906) - Effective December 12, 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 state that special supplemental benefit for the chronically ill (SSBCI) is a supplemental benefit that 
has, with respect to a chronically ill enrollee, a reasonable expectation of improving or maintaining the health 
or overall function of the enrollee. The Plan must have written policies for determining enrollee eligibility and 
must document its determination that an enrollee is a chronically ill enrollee. You can find this information in 
42 CFR 422.102. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that if you have been diagnosed by a qualified provider with certain chronic conditions 
and you meet certain criteria, you may be eligible for additional benefits. You can find this information on page 
114 of the Plans 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 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 effective for services performed on or after March 16, 2018, Medicare Administrative 
Contractors (MACs) may determine coverage of 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: 
a. either recurrent, relapsed, refractory, metastatic, or advanced stages III or IV cancer; and, 
b. not been previously tested with the same test using NGS for the same cancer genetic content, and 
c. decided to seek further cancer treatment (e.g., therapeutic chemotherapy). 
You can find this rule on National Coverage Determination (NCD) Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) 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 equipment which the beneficiary owns or is a capped rental item may be replaced in cases 
of loss or irreparable damage. Irreparable damage refers to a specific accident or to a natural disaster (e.g., fire, 
flood). A physicians order and/or new Certificate of Medical Necessity (CMN), when required, is needed to 
reaffirm the medical necessity of the item. 
 
Irreparable wear refers to deterioration sustained from day-to-day usage over time and a specific event cannot 
be identified. Replacement of equipment due to irreparable wear takes into consideration the reasonable useful 
lifetime of the equipment. If the item of equipment has been in continuous use by the patient on either a rental 
or purchase basis for the equipments useful lifetime, the beneficiary may elect to obtain a new piece of 
equipment. Replacement may be reimbursed when a new physician order and/or new CMN, when required, is 
needed to reaffirm the medical necessity of the item. 
 
The reasonable useful lifetime of durable medical equipment is determined through program instructions. In the 
absence of program instructions, A/B MACS (B) may determine the reasonable useful lifetime of equipment, 
but in no case can it be less than 5 years. Computation of the useful lifetime is based on when the equipment is 
delivered to the beneficiary, not the age of the equipment. Replacement due to wear is not covered during the 
reasonable useful lifetime of the equipment. During the reasonable useful lifetime, Medicare does cover repair 
up to the cost of replacement (but not actual replacement) for medically necessary equipment owned by the 
beneficiary. You can find this information in Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 110.2. 
 
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 say that if the Medicare Fee Schedule Database contains an assistant at surgery indicator of 0 for a 
surgical procedure, assistant at surgery services are generally not medically necessary. Assistant at surgery 
services will not be paid unless supporting documentation is submitted to establish medical necessity. You can 
find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, 
Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12, Section 40.8(D). 
 
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 Section 411.15(o). 
 
The rules say that Medicare has determined for which surgical services an assistant surgeon is medically 
necessary. This information can be found in the Medicare Fee Schedule Database.  If the database contains an assistant at surgery indicator of 1 for the surgical procedure in question, Medicare 
has determined that an assistant is not medically necessary. Assistant surgeons will not be paid for these 
procedures. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, 
Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12, Section 40.8. 
 
Medicare makes payment for an assistant at surgery when the procedure is authorized for an assistant and the 
person performing the service is a physician, physician assistant (PA), nurse practitioner (NP) or clinical nurse 
specialist (CNS). Medicare uses the payment policy indicators on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 
Database (MPFSDB) to determine if assistant at surgery services are reasonable and necessary for a specific 
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)/Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code. The 
rules say that if the MPFSDB contains an assistant at surgery indicator of 2 for the surgical procedure in 
question, assistant at surgery service may be paid. Payment restrictions do not apply to this procedure. You can 
find these rules in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, 
Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 4, Sections 250.9, 250.9.1, and 250.9.3. 
 
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 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. 
 
The rules say that the provider, supplier, or beneficiary, as appropriate, must furnish to the intermediary or 
carrier sufficient information to determine whether payment is due and the amount of payment. You can find 
this rule at 42 CFR 424.5. 
 
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 you are covered for emergency care worldwide. If you have an emergency outside of the 
U.S. and its territories, you will be responsible to pay upfront. You can find this information on page 64 of the 
Plan's 2022 Evidence of Coverage.