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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 pay for durable medical equipment (DME) that is reasonable and necessary for 
treatment of an illness or injury, or to improve the functioning of a malformed body part. Medicare considers 
equipment to be reasonable and necessary if the equipment does not serve the same purpose as other equipment 
already available to an enrollee. 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(C). 
 
The rules say replacement refers to the provision of an identical or nearly identical item. Situations involving 
the provision of a different item because of a change in medical condition are not addressed in this section. 
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 rule in 
the Medicare Benefits Policy Manual Chapter 15, Section 110.2 - Repairs, Maintenance, Replacement and 
Delivery. 
 
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 for beneficiaries meeting the coverage criteria, coverage is limited to one of the following 
within one calendar year (January  December): 
 
    One pair of custom molded shoes (A5501) (which includes inserts provided with these shoes) and 2 
additional pairs of inserts (A5512, A5513, or A5514); or 
    One pair of depth shoes (A5500) and 3 pairs of inserts (A5512, A5513, or A5514) (not including the non-
customized removable inserts provided with such shoes). You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Article 
Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes - Policy Article A52501. 
 
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 Part B generally does not pay for drugs that are usually self-administered by the 
patients who take them. Examples of self-administered drugs are drugs in pill form and those used for self-
injection. The only exceptions are: 
 
1. blood-clotting factors;  
2. drugs used in immunosuppressive therapy; 
3. erythropoietin for dialysis patients;  
4. osteoporosis drugs for certain homebound patients; 
5. certain oral cancer drugs;  
6. oral anti-emetics used in certain situations;  
7. drugs treated as supplies during an outpatient hospital procedure; and  
8. drugs required for the effective use of durable medical equipment. 
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 
100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Sections 50, 50.2, 50.5, and 110.3. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan 
contract says that covered drugs include: Drugs that usually arent self-administered by the patient and are 
injected or infused while you are getting physician, hospital outpatient, or ambulatory surgical center services. 
You can find this information in Chapter 4 on page 4-36 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 Original Medicare pays for the routine costs of qualifying clinical trials. Medicare also pays 
for reasonable and necessary items and services used to diagnose and treat complications arising from 
participation in all clinical trials. The rules also say that Medicare plans must cover these services even if they 
are not available through in-network providers. Medicare plans may require reporting when enrollees 
participate in clinical trials but cannot require prior authorization or approval. You can find these rules in the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-03, Medicare National 
Coverage Determinations Manual, Chapter 1, Section 310.1. 
 
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 also says that a clinical research study or clinical trial is a way that doctors and scientists test new 
types of medical care. They test new medical care procedures or drugs by asking for volunteers to help with the 
study. This kind of study is one of the final stages of a research process that helps doctors and scientists see if a 
new approach works and if it is safe. 
 
An enrollee who is in a clinical research study may stay enrolled in the Plan and continue to get the care that is 
not related to the study through the Plan. Enrollees must tell the plan before they start participating in a clinical 
research study. 
 
If an enrollee participates in a Medicare-approved study, Original Medicare pays most of the costs for the 
covered services received as part of the study. After Medicare has paid its share of the cost for these services, 
the Plan will also pay for part of the costs. The Plan will pay the difference between the cost-sharing in 
Original Medicare and the cost-sharing as a member of the Plan. This means the enrollee will pay the same 
amount for the services received as part of the study as he or she would if these services were received from the 
Plan. You can find this information in Chapter 4 on page 55 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 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 Plan 
contract says that they have a link that will take you to a list of Part B Drugs that may be subject to Step 
Therapy. You can find this information in Chapter 4 on page 103 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 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 in the plan's 2022 Schedule of Costs, under the section "Medicare Part B Prescription 
Drugs".
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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 epidural steroid injection (ESI) will be considered medically reasonable and necessary 
when the following three (3) requirements are met:  History, physical examination, and concordant radiological 
image-based diagnostic testing and supporting one of the following: 
-Lumbar, cervical or thoracic radiculopathy, radicular pain and/or neurogenic claudication due to central disc 
herniation, osteophyte or osteophyte complexes, severe degenerative disc disease, producing foraminal or 
central spinal stenosis; OR Post-laminectomy syndrome OR Acute herpes zoster associated pain AND 
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 AND 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 at the 
Medicare Local Coverage Determination (LCD)- L38994, Epidural Steroid Injections 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 state that Genetic testing procedures submitted with code 81455 are unlikely to impact therapeutic 
decision-making in the clinical management of the patient and will be denied automatically as not medically 
necessary. This rule is found in Local Coverage Article: Billing and Coding: Molecular Pathology Procedures 
(A56199). 
 
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 hospital beds are covered only with a physicians prescription and sufficient documentation 
in the patients medical records to establish medical necessity for a hospital bed due to one of the following 
reasons: 
 
1. The patients condition requires positioning of the body; e.g., to alleviate pain, promote good body 
alignment, prevent contractures, avoid respiratory infections, in ways not feasible in an ordinary bed; or   
 
2. The patients condition requires special attachments that cannot be fixed and used on an ordinary bed.  
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 
100-03, Medicare National Coverage Determinations Manual, Chapter 1, Section 280.7. 
 
The rules say that a heavy duty extra wide hospital bed (E0301, E0303) is covered if the beneficiary meets one 
of the criteria for a fixed height hospital bed and the beneficiary's weight is more than 350 pounds but does not 
exceed 600 pounds. You can find this rule in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Hospital Beds and 
Accessories L33820. 
 
The rules say that Medicare will pay for durable medical equipment (DME) that is reasonable and necessary for 
treatment of an illness or injury, or to improve the functioning of a malformed body part. Medicare considers 
equipment to be reasonable and necessary if the equipment does not serve the same purpose as other equipment 
already available to an enrollee. 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(C). 
 
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 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 specialty care outside of the Plan provider network when network providers are unavailable or 
inadequate to meet a member's medical needs. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(a)(3). 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan 
contract says that, 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 45 to 46 of the Plan's 
2022 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 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 in Chapter 3 on page 40 to 54.
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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 immunizations are not covered unless they are directly related to the treatment of an injury or 
direct exposure to a disease or condition. In the absence of injury or direct exposure, vaccination or inoculation 
is not covered. However, pneumococcal, hepatitis B, influenza virus vaccines, and any FDA-approved COVID-
19 vaccines are exceptions to this rule. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 411.15(e) and Section 3713 of 
the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). 
 
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 some vaccines under our Part D prescription drug benefit. You can find this information 
on page 97 of the Plan's 2020 Evidence of Coverage.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that plans may choose the networks of providers available to enrollees and may require enrollees 
to obtain authorization before receiving services. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(a) and in 
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-16, Medicare 
Managed Care Manual, Chapter 1, Section 20.2. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan 
contract says that, with limited exceptions, members of the Plan must use network providers to get medical care 
and services. The only exceptions are emergencies, urgently needed care when the network is not available 
(generally, when the enrollee is out of the area), out-of-area dialysis services, and cases in which the Plan 
authorizes the use of out-of-network providers. You can find this information in Chapter 3 on page 42-53.
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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 Chapter 3 on pages 42 to 43 of 
the Plan's 2022 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 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 this service is not covered out-of-network. The enrollee is responsible for the entire cost. You 
can find this information in Chapter 4 on pages 70 to 71 of the Plan's 2021 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).