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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 thermal radiofrequency destruction of cervical, thoracic, or lumbar paravertebral facet joint 
(medial branch) nerves are considered medically reasonable and necessary after the patient has had at least 2 
medically reasonable and necessary diagnostic medial branch blocks (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). You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) 
L38841: Facet Joint interventions for Pain Management. 
 
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 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. 
 
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 covers the surgical placement of an implant body (D6010) but is limited to two of (D6010, D6013) 
every calendar year.
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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 Medicare plan may restrict members to a network of providers as long as medically 
necessary covered care is accessible and available through this network. The rules say that the Plan must 
arrange for and cover any medically necessary covered benefit of the plan provider network, but at in-network 
cost sharing, when an in-network provider or benefit is unavailable or inadequate to meet a member's medical 
needs. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(a)(1)(iii). 
 
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 33-34 in 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 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 many hospitals provide detoxification services during the more acute stages of alcoholism or 
alcohol withdrawal. When the high probability or occurrence of medical complications (e.g., delirium, 
confusion, trauma, or unconsciousness) during detoxification for acute alcoholism or alcohol withdrawal 
necessitates the constant availability of physicians and/or complex medical equipment found only in the 
hospital setting, inpatient hospital care during this period is considered reasonable and necessary and is 
therefore covered under the program. Generally, detoxification can be accomplished within two to three days 
with an occasional need for up to five days where the patients condition dictates. This limit (five days) may be 
extended in an individual case where there is a need for a longer period for detoxification for a particular 
patient. 
 
In such cases, however, there should be documentation by a physician which substantiates that a longer period 
of detoxification was reasonable and necessary. When the detoxification needs of an individual no longer 
require an inpatient hospital setting, coverage should be denied on the basis that inpatient hospital care is not 
reasonable and necessary as required by 1862(a)(l) of the Social Security Act (the Act). Following 
detoxification, a patient may be transferred to an inpatient rehabilitation unit or discharged to a residential 
treatment program or outpatient treatment setting. 
 
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 
100-03, Medicare National Coverage Determination for Inpatient Hospital Stays for Treatment of Alcoholism, 
130.1.  
 
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 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. 
 
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 also 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 
the extractions but is limited to 2 procedure codes per calendar year. Enrollees must pay a 50% coinsurance for 
extractions provided in-network. You can find this information on page 91 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of 
Coverage (EOC). 
 
The Plan contract says that coverage is limited to 1 procedure code every 3 calendar years, per quadrant. 
Enrollees must pay a 70% coinsurance for periodontal scaling and root planing - four or more teeth per 
quadrant, and periodontal scaling and root planing - one to three teeth per quadrant provided in-network. You 
can find this information on page 91 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage (EOC). 
 
The Plan contract also says that enrollees must pay a 55% coinsurance for resin-based composite (white) - 
anterior (front) or posterior (back) when provided out-of-network. You can find this information on page 91 of 
the Plan's 2023 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 in addition to reporting a visit line using the G codes, HHAs must report an additional line 
item with the same revenue code and date of service, reporting one of the three Q codes (Q5001, Q5002, and 
Q5009), one unit and a nominal covered charge. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services (CMS), Internet-Only Manual, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 10, Section 
40.2. 
 
The rules say that for HH PPS episodes beginning on and after January 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2020, 
claims require distinct 5-position, alphanumeric home health HIPPS codes. You can find this rule in the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Internet-Only Manual, Medicare Claims Processing 
Manual, Chapter 10, Section 10.1.9. 
 
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 74-75 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 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 Physician Fee Schedule Status Indicator B means that payment for covered services is 
always bundled into payment for other services not specified. There will be no payment amounts for these 
codes and no separate payment is ever made. When these services are covered, payment for them is subsumed 
by the payment for the services to which they are incident. You can find this information in the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing 
Manual, Chapter 23, Section 30.2.2. 
 
The rules say that the Physician Fee Schedule Status Indicator I means that this code is not valid for Medicare 
purposes. Medicare uses another code for reporting of, and payment for, these services. You can find this 
information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, 
Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 23, Section 30.2.2. 
 
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 a Group 3 PWC with no power options (K0848, K0849, K0850, K0851, K0852, K0853, 
K0854, K0855) is covered if: 

A. All of the coverage criteria (a)-(e) for a PWC are met; and 
B. The beneficiary's mobility limitation is due to a neurological condition, myopathy, or congenital 
skeletal deformity; and 
C. The beneficiary has had a specialty evaluation that was performed by a licensed/certified 
medical professional, such as a PT or OT, or practitioner who has specific training and 
experience in rehabilitation wheelchair evaluations and that documents the medical necessity for 
the wheelchair and its special features (see Documentation Requirements section). The PT, OT, 
or practitioner may have no financial relationship with the supplier; and 
D. The wheelchair is provided by a supplier that employs a RESNA-certified Assistive Technology 
Professional (ATP) who specializes in wheelchairs and who has direct, in-person involvement in 
the wheelchair selection for the beneficiary. 

If a Group 3 PWC is provided and if criteria (IV)(A) - (IV)(D) are not met, it will be denied as not reasonable 
and necessary. 
II. A Group 3 PWC with Single Power Option (K0856, K0857, K0858, K0859, K0860) or with Multiple 
Power Options (K0861, K0862, K0863, K0864) is covered if: 
A. The Group 3 criteria IV(A) and IV(B) are met; and 
B. The Group 2 Single Power Option (criteria II[A] and II[B]) or Multiple Power Options (criteria 
III[A] and III[B]) (respectively) are met. 

You can find this rule at Local Coverage Determination (LCD) L33789: Power Mobility Devices (eff. 5/16/23). 
 
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 costs of certain end-stage renal disease (ESRD) laboratory services performed by either the ESRD facility 
or an independent laboratory are included in the composite rate and are not separately payable. These tests are 
either performed by the facility, in which case payment is included in the composite rate, or by an outside 
laboratory for the facility, in which case the laboratory bills the facility directly. You can find this rule in the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims 
Processing Manual, Chapter 8, Section 50.1. 
 
The rules say that, effective for claims with dates of service on or after January 1, 2011, all ESRD-related 
injectable drugs and biologicals and oral equivalents of those injectable drugs and biologicals are included in 
the ESRD PPS. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only 
Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 8, Section 50.2. 
 
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 a determination of the medical necessity for certain components/additions to the prosthesis 
is based on the beneficiarys potential functional abilities. Potential functional ability is based on the reasonable 
expectations of the prosthetist, and treating practitioner, considering factors including, but not limited to: 
 
    The beneficiarys past history (including prior prosthetic use if applicable); and 
 
    The beneficiarys current condition including the status of the residual limb and the nature of other medical 
problems; and 
 
    The beneficiarys desire to ambulate. 
 
Clinical assessments of beneficiary rehabilitation potential must be based on the following classification levels: 
 
Level 0: Does not have the ability or potential to ambulate or transfer safely with or without assistance and a 
prosthesis does not enhance their quality of life or mobility. 
 
Level 1: Has the ability or potential to use a prosthesis for transfers or ambulation on level surfaces at fixed 
cadence. Typical of the limited and unlimited household ambulator. 
 
Level 2: Has the ability or potential for ambulation with the ability to traverse low level environmental barriers 
such as curbs, stairs or uneven surfaces. Typical of the limited community ambulator. 
 
Level 3: Has the ability or potential for ambulation with variable cadence. Typical of the community ambulator 
who has the ability to traverse most environmental barriers and may have vocational, therapeutic, or exercise 
activity that demands prosthetic utilization beyond simple locomotion. 
A fluid, pneumatic, or electronic/microprocessor knee (L5610, L5613, L5614, L5722, L5724, L5726, L5728, 
L5780, L5814, L5822, L5824, L5826, L5828, L5830, L5840, L5848, L5856, L5857, L5858) is covered for 
beneficiaries whose functional level is 3 or above. 
 A microprocessor controlled ankle foot system (L5973), energy storing foot (L5976), dynamic response foot 
with multi-axial ankle (L5979), flex foot system (L5980), flex-walk system or equal (L5981), or shank foot 
system with vertical loading pylon (L5987) is covered for beneficiaries whose functional level is 3 or above. 
 
You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Lower Limb Prostheses L33787. 
 
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 an implantable loop recorder (ILR) is another type of pre-symptom memory loop recorder 
(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 information 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 say that specific data elements are required to submit a claim under home health PPS. You can find 
this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 10, 
Section 40.2. 
 
The rules say type of bill is required - This 4-digit alphanumeric code gives two pieces of information. The first 
three digits indicate the base type of bill. The fourth digit indicates the sequence of this bill in this particular 
period of care. The types of bill accepted for home health prospective payment system (HH PPS) claims are: 
032x - Home Health Services under a Plan of Treatment 
4th Digit - Definition 
7 - Replacement of Prior Claim  Home health agencies (HHAs) use to correct a previously submitted bill. 
Apply this code for the corrected or new bill. These adjustment claims must be accepted at any point within 
the timely filing period after the payment of the original claim. 
8 - Void/Cancel of a Prior Claim - HHAs use this code to indicate this bill is an exact duplicate of an incorrect 
bill previously submitted. A replacement claim must be submitted for the period of care to be paid. 
9 - Final Claim for an HH PPS Period  This code indicates an HH original bill to be processed following the 
submission of an HH PPS Notice of Admission (TOB 032A) 
HHAs must submit HH PPS claims with the 4th digit of 9. These claims may be adjusted with code 7 or 
cancelled with code 8. A/B MACs (HHH) do not accept late charge bills, submitted with code 5, on HH 
PPS claims. To add services within the period of a paid HH claim, the HHA must submit an adjustment. 
 
You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet-Only Manual, 
Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 10, Section 40.2. 
 
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.