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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 continued coverage of a positive airway pressure (PAP) device (E0470 or E0601) beyond the 
first three months of therapy requires that, no sooner than the 31st day but no later than the 91st day after 
initiating therapy, the treating practitioner must conduct a clinical re-evaluation and document that the 
beneficiary is benefiting from PAP therapy. 
For PAP devices with initial dates of service on or after November 1, 2008, documentation of clinical benefit is 
demonstrated by: 
1. In-person clinical re-evaluation by the treating practitioner with documentation that symptoms of obstructive 
sleep apnea are improved; and, 
2. Objective evidence of adherence to use of the PAP device, reviewed by the treating practitioner. 
Adherence to therapy is defined as use of PAP 4 hours per night on 70% of nights during a consecutive thirty 
(30) day period anytime during the first three (3) months of initial usage. 
 
If the above criteria are not met, continued coverage of a PAP device and related accessories will be denied as 
not reasonable and necessary. You can find this rule in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Positive Airway 
Pressure (PAP) Devices for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea L33718. 
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 left heart catheterization is indicated for the diagnosis of or treatment planning in patients 
with myocardial abnormalities or dysfunction (including ischemic disease, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, etc.), 
valvular dysfunction, intracardiac shunts, congenital heart abnormalities, cardiac trauma, or pericardial 
tamponade. Coronary and bypass angiography are indicated for the diagnosis of, or treatment planning, for 
patients with anginal syndromes, atypical chest pain syndrome suggesting ischemia, congenital heart disease, 
following cardiac arrest thought to be due to ischemia or infarction, myocardial infarction, known 
atherosclerotic or other coronary disease, suspected graft or stent/percutaneous transluminal coronary 
angioplasty (PTCA) closure, Prinzmetals angina, coronary shunts and fistulae, cardiac trauma and for 
treatment planning in patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures. It is also indicated for treatment 
planning in high-risk patients with evidence of ischemic heart disease undergoing high-risk non-cardiac 
surgical procedures (arterial or aortic surgery, or surgery with large fluid shifts). You can find this information 
in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography (L33959). 
 
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. 
 
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 certain dental services as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit includes 
preventive and comprehensive dental services along with specific dental services that are listed on the dental 
benefit chart. Individual crowns (temporary crowns) are covered by the Plan's dental benefits. You can find this 
information on pages 125 to 135 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 required 4-digit alphanumeric "type of bill" 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 (HH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) 
claims are: "032x - Home Health Services under a Plan of Treatment." Home Health Agencies (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. You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Internet-
Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing 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.
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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 61-62 of the Plan's 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 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 outpatient diagnostic tests/medical supplies. You can 
find this information on page(s) 4-43 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 state that sacroiliac joint (SIJ) denervation (also called radiofrequency ablation or RFA) is not 
considered reasonable and necessary. You can find this information in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): 
Sacroiliac Joint Injections and Procedures (L39462). 
 
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 40% coinsurance for each Medicare-covered radiation therapy service. 
You can find this information on pages 77 to 82 of the Plan's 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 state that family history codes are for use when a patient has a family member(s) who has had a 
particular disease that causes the patient to be at higher risk of also contracting the disease. 
 
Personal history codes may be used in conjunction with follow-up codes and family history codes may be used 
in conjunction with screening codes to explain the need for a test or procedure. History codes are also 
acceptable on any medical record regardless of the reason for visit. A history of an illness, even if no longer 
present, is important information that may alter the type of treatment ordered. 
 
The reason for the encounter (for example, screening or counseling) should be sequenced first and the 
appropriate personal and/or family history code(s) should be assigned as additional diagnos(es). You can find 
this rule in the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Section 1 (21). 
 
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 65 and 66 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 except as provided in  411.8(b) (for services paid by a governmental entity), Medicare 
does not pay for a service if 
 
(1) The beneficiary has no legal obligation to pay for the service; and 
 
(2) No other person or organization (such as a prepayment plan of which the beneficiary is a member) has a 
legal obligation to provide or pay for that service. 
 
(b) Special conditions for services furnished to individuals in custody of penal authorities. Individuals who are 
in custody include, but are not limited to, individuals who are under arrest, incarcerated, imprisoned, escaped 
from confinement, under supervised release, on medical furlough, required to reside in mental health facilities, 
required to reside in halfway houses, required to live under home detention, or confined completely or partially 
in any way under a penal statute or rule. Payment may be made for services furnished to individuals or groups 
of individuals who are in the custody of police or other penal authorities or in the custody of a government 
agency under a penal statute only if the following conditions are met: 
 
(1) State or local law requires those individuals or groups of individuals to repay the cost of medical services 
they receive while in custody. 
 
(2) The State or local government entity enforces the requirement to pay by billing all such individuals, 
whether or not covered by Medicare or any other health insurance, and by pursuing collection of the amounts 
they owe in the same way and with the same vigor that it pursues the collection of other debts. 
 
You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 411.4. 
 
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 for ambulatory surgical center services, contractors shall deny services for HCPCS with 
payment indicators L1 (Influenza vaccine; pneumococcal vaccine, Covid-19 Vaccine, monoclonal antibody 
therapy product. Packaged item/service; no separate payment made), NI (Packaged service/item; no separate 
payment made) or S1 (Service not surgical in nature; and not a radiology service payable under the outpatient 
prospective payment system (OPPS), drug/biological, or brachytherapy source. Packaged item/service; no 
separate payment made). You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 14, Section 60.3. 
 
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 state that an Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as 
the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a 
congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition. You can find this rule in the ICD-10-CM 
Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. 
 
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 a safety belt/pelvic strap (E0978) is covered if the beneficiary has weak upper body muscles, 
upper body instability or muscle spasticity which requires use of this item for proper positioning. You can find 
this rule in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Wheelchair Options/Accessories (L33792). 
 
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 repeat series of injections may be allowed when: 
1. The indications continue to be met; and 
2. Significant improvement in pain and functional capacity from the prior series of injections is 
documented in the medical record; and 
3. The last injection (in a prior course) was given at least six (6) months ago. 
Repeat injections for shoulder arthritis are limited to a single repeat course You can find this rule at Local 
Coverage Article (LCA) A52420: Billing and Coding: Hyaluronans Intra-articular Injections of (eff. 8/1/21). 
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: 
 
1. Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET is covered for the determination of myocardial viability following an 
inconclusive single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) test from July 1, 2001, through 
September 30, 2002. Only full ring PET scanners are covered from July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2001. 
However, as of January 1, 2002, full and partial ring scanners are covered. 
 
2. Beginning October 1, 2002, Medicare covers FDG PET for the determination of myocardial viability as a 
primary or initial diagnostic study prior to revascularization or following an inconclusive SPECT. Studies 
performed by full and partial ring scanners are covered. 
 
Limitations: In the event a patient receives a SPECT test with inconclusive results, a PET scan may be covered. 
However, if a patient receives a FDG PET study with inconclusive results, a follow up SPECT test is not 
covered. 
 
You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet-Only Manual, 
Publication 100-3, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 1, Section 220.6.8 
 
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.