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 to repair means to fix or mend and to put the equipment back in good condition after 
damage or wear. Repairs to equipment which a beneficiary owns are covered when necessary to make the 
equipment serviceable. However, do not pay for repair of previously denied equipment or equipment in the 
frequent and substantial servicing or oxygen equipment payment categories. If the expense for repairs exceeds 
the estimated expense of purchasing or renting another item of equipment for the remaining period of medical 
need, no payment can be made for the amount of the excess. You can find this information in the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Internet-Only Manual, Publication 100-02, 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 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 for wounds and ulcers described under A or B above, a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy 
(NPWT) pump and supplies will be denied as not reasonable and necessary with any of the following, 
whichever occurs earliest: 
1. Criteria C1-C2 cease to occur, 
2. In the judgment of the treating practitioner, adequate wound healing has occurred to the degree 
that NPWT may be discontinued, 
3. Any measurable degree of wound healing has failed to occur over the prior month. Wound 
healing is defined as improvement occurring in either surface area (length times width) or depth 
of the wound 
4. 4 months (including the time NPWT was applied in an inpatient setting prior to discharge to the 
home) have elapsed using a NPWT pump in the treatment of the most recent wound 
5. Once equipment or supplies are no longer being used for the beneficiary, whether or not by the 
treating practitioner's order You can find the rules in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Pumps 
L33821. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that medically necessary services are those that are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or 
treatment of an illness or injury. Medically necessary services include services to improve the functioning of a 
malformed body member. You can find this rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(1)(A). 
 
The rules say that services that are not medically necessary are not covered. The rules also say that 
experimental and investigational devices are not covered. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Sections 411.15 and 
411.15(o). 
 
A UV light therapy system may be covered for selected patients with generalized intractable psoriasis. Using 
appropriate consultation, the MAC should determine whether medical and other factors justify treatment at 
home rather than at 
alternative sites, e.g., outpatient department of a hospital. You can find this information in the National 
Coverage Determination (NCD) for Durable Medical Equipment Reference List (280.1). 
 
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 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 a $125 copayment for outpatient thereapy. You can find this information 
on page(s) 26 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 if the total time for the tests exceeds 8 hours, a report may be requested asking for the 
medical necessity of the extended testing. 
 
You can find these rules in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) psychological and neuropsychological test 
(L34646). 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that medically necessary services are those that are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or 
treatment of an illness or injury. Medically necessary services include services to improve the functioning of a 
malformed body member. You can find this rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(1)(A). 
 
The rules say that services that are not medically necessary are not covered. The rules also say that 
experimental and investigational devices are not covered. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Sections 411.15 and 
411.15(o). 
 
The rules say that if documentation of the medical necessity for a K0005 wheelchair is requested, it must 
include a description of the beneficiarys routine activities. This may include the types of activities the 
beneficiary frequently encounters and whether the beneficiary is fully independent in the use of the wheelchair. 
Describe the features of the K0005 base which are needed compared to the K0004 base. You can find this rule 
in the Local Coverage Article for Manual Wheelchair Bases - Policy Article, A52497 
 
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 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 physical therapy or occupational therapy (PT or OT) would use the appropriate 
HCPCS/CPT code(s) in the 97000 - 97799 series and the corresponding therapy modifier, GP or GO, must be 
used. Modifiers GN, GO, and GP refer only to services provided under plans of care for physical therapy, 
occupational therapy and speech-language pathology services. 
 
The CQ and CO modifiers are required to be used, when applicable, for services furnished in whole or in part 
by PTAs and OTAs on the claim line of the service alongside the respective GP or GO therapy modifier, to 
identify those PTA and OTA services furnished under a PT or OT plan of care. The CQ modifier must be 
paired to the GP therapy modifier and the CO modifier with the GO therapy modifier. Claims not so paired will 
be rejected/returned as unprocessable. 
 
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 
100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 5, Section 20.1. 
  
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 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 30 one-way trips per benefit period. You can find this information on page 56 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 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 this contractor provides limited coverage for molecular Deoxyribonucleic acid/ribonucleic 
acid (DNA/RNA) biomarker tests for the diagnosis of prostate cancer that help differentiate men who may or 
may not benefit from a prostate biopsy when ALL of the following conditions are met: 

1. The patient must not have an established diagnosis of prostate cancer. 
2. The beneficiary is a candidate for prostate biopsy or repeat prostate biopsy, according to a consensus 
guideline [(i.e., National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), American Society of Clinical 
Oncology (ASCO), American Urological Association (AUA)]. 

You can find the rules in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) MolDX: Molecular Biomarkers to Risk-
Stratify Patients at Increased Risk for Prostate Cancer L39005. 
 
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 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 CMS payment policy does not allow separate payment for multiple methods to test for the 
same analyte. You can find this rule in Local Coverage Article Billing and Coding: Molecular Pathology and 
Genetic Testing A58917. 
 
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 this is a non-coverage policy for all Platelet Rich Plasma injections and/or applications as a 
means of managing musculoskeletal injuries and/or joint conditions. 
 
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 there must be well-documented failure of standard treatments to adequately mobilize 
retained secretions. 
 
You can find these rules in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) high frequency chest wall oscillation devices 
(L33785). 
 
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 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 a clinical nurse specialist (CNS). Modifier 80 (assistant surgeon), 81 (minimum assistant surgeon), or 82 
(when qualified resident surgeon not available) is used to bill for assistant at surgery services. When billed 
without modifier AS (PA, NP, or CNS services for assistant at surgery) the use of these modifiers indicate that 
a physician served as an assistant at surgery. Modifier AS is billed to indicate that a PA, NP, or CNS served as 
the assistant at surgery. Modifier 80, 81 or 82 must also be billed when modifier AS is billed. Claims submitted 
with modifier AS and without modifiers 80, 81 or 82 are returned to the provider (RTPd). You can find this 
rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare 
Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 4, Section 250.9. 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. 
 
The rules say that the Correct Coding Initiative was developed to promote correct coding and to control 
improper coding leading to inappropriate payment in Part B claims. An add-on code is eligible for payment 
only if it is reported with an appropriate primary procedure performed by the same practitioner. An add-on 
code is not eligible for payment if it is the only procedure reported by a practitioner. You can find this rule in 
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims 
Processing Manual, Chapter 23, Section 20.9. 
 
The rules say that providers or suppliers shall use anatomic modifiers (e.g., RT, LT, FA, F1-F9, TA, T1-T9, 
E1-E4) and report procedures with differing modifiers on individual claim lines when appropriate. Many 
medically unlikely edits (MUEs) are based on the assumption that correct modifiers are used. You can find this 
rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare 
Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 23, Section 20.9.3.2. 
 
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 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 Place of Service (POS) code 31 should be used with services for patients in a Part A 
covered stay and POS code 32 should be used with services for beneficiaries in a noncovered stay. Carriers 
should adjust their prepayment procedure edits as appropriate. You can find this rule in the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing 
Manual, Chapter 6, Section 110.1. 
 
The rules say that the codes in this family (CPT codes 99341 - 99350) will be used to report E/M services 
furnished to a patient residing in their home, in an assisted living facility, in a group home (that is not licensed 
as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities), in a custodial care facility, or in a 
residential substance abuse treatment facility. These CPT codes were used to report E/M services in facilities 
assigned places of service (POS) codes 13 (Assisted Living Facility), 14 (Group Home), 33 (Custodial Care 
Facility) and 55 (Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Facility). 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 30.6.14. 
 
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 does not pay for hearing aids or examinations for the purpose of prescribing, 
fitting, or changing hearing aids. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 411.15(d). 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan 
contract says the plan will reimburse up to $1,700 per ear every 36 months towards the cost of hearing aids. 
You can find this information on page 15 of the Plan's 2022 Schedule of Cost Sharing.
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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 panels with greater than 5 respiratory pathogens performed in the Part B outpatient setting 
are considered not medically reasonable and necessary. You can find this information in Local Coverage 
Determination (LCD): Respiratory Pathogen Panel Testing (L39027). 
 
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.