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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 $175 copayment for each Medicare-covered outpatient diagnostic
procedure and test in an outpatient facility. You can find this information on page 79 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 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 pharmacogenomic (PGx) testing, the clinical record must clearly show the use of or intent 
to prescribe a drug that has known drug-gene interactions that require a PGx test to be ordered to define the 
safe use of that drug in that patient. Genes not identified as having actionable use are not considered reasonable 
and necessary. The algorithms employed in combinatorial testing are also not currently considered reasonable 
and necessary components of multi-gene testing. 
 
PGx testing is not covered when a treating clinician is not considering treatment with a medication that has an 
actionable drug-gene interaction, or when the use of a medication with a drug-gene interaction is not reasonable 
and necessary. 
 
You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Local Coverage 
Determination (LCD): MolDX: Pharmacogenomics Testing (L38394). 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that plans may choose the networks of providers available to enrollees and may require enrollees 
to obtain authorization before receiving services. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(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. Additionally, the Plan contract says that the only covered 
chiropractic service is manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation. You can find this information 
on pages 48 and 74 of the Plan's 2021 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 beginning January 1, 2022, home health agencies (HHAs) will no longer submit Requests for 
Anticipated Payment (RAPs). Instead, for each admission to home health the HHA notifies Medicare systems 
via submission of an NOA. The NOA is a one-time submission to establish that the beneficiary is under a home 
health period of care and trigger home health consolidated billing edits. The NOA covers contiguous 30-day 
periods of care until the individuals is discharged from Medicare home health services. There is no upfront 
payment with the submission of the NOA. The NOA must be submitted timely. All HHAs must submit an 
NOA to their Medicare contractor within 5 calendar days from the start of care date to establish that the 
beneficiary is under a Medicare home health period of care and also to trigger home health consolidated billing 
edits required under section 1842(b)(6)(F) of the Act. For example, if the start of care date is January 1, 2022, 
the NOA would be considered timely filed if it is submitted on or before January 6, 2022. Example: 1/1/2022 = 
Day 0 (start of the first 30-day period of care) 1/6/2022 _ Day 5 (An NOA submitted on or before this date 
would be considered "timely-filed".) 1/7/2022 and after = Day 6 and beyond (An NOA submitted on and after 
this date would be considered untimely and would trigger the penalty.) In instances where an NOA is not 
timely-filed, Medicare shall reduce the payment for a period of care, including outlier payments, by the number 
of days from the home health admission date until the date the NOA is submitted to, and accepted by, the A/B 
MAC (HHH), divided by 30. No LUPA per-visit payments shall be made for visits that occurred on days that 
fall within the period of care prior to the submission of the NOA. This reduction shall be a provider liability, 
and the provider shall not bill the beneficiary for it. You can find this information in the Medicare Benefit 
Policy Manual, Chapter 7 - Home Health Services 10.4 - Submission of the Notice of Admission NOA) (Rev. 
11447, Issued: 06-06-22, Effective: 01-01-22, Implementation: 05-26-22). 
 
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 state that Effective for services performed on or after April 4, 2005, cochlear implantation may be 
covered for treatment of bilateral pre- or-post-linguistic, sensorineural, moderate-to-profound hearing loss in 
individuals who demonstrate limited benefit from amplification. Limited benefit from amplification is defined 
by test scores of less than or equal to 40% correct in the best-aided listening condition on tape-recorded tests of 
open-set sentence cognition. Medicare coverage is provided only for those patients who meet all of the 
following selection guidelines. 
 
   - Diagnosis of bilateral moderate-to-profound sensorineural hearing impairment with limited benefit from 
appropriate hearing (or vibrotactile) aids; 
   - Cognitive ability to use auditory clues and a willingness to undergo an extended program of rehabilitation; 
   - Freedom from middle ear infection, an accessible cochlear lumen that is structurally suited to implantation, 
and freedom from lesions in the auditory nerve and acoustic areas of the central nervous system; 
   - No contraindications to surgery; and 
   - The device must be used in accordance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved labeling. 
 
2. Effective for services performed on or after April 4, 2005, cochlear implantation may be covered for 
individuals meeting the selection guidelines above and with hearing test scores of greater than 40% and less 
than or equal to 60% only when the provider is participating in, and patients are enrolled in, either an FDA-
approved category B investigational device exemption clinical trial as defined at 42 CFR 405.201, a trial under 
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Clinical Trial Policy as defined at section 310.1 of the National 
Coverage Determinations Manual, or a prospective, controlled comparative trial approved by CMS as 
consistent with the evidentiary requirements for National Coverage Analyses and meeting specific quality 
standards. 
 
You can find this rule in the National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Cochlear Implantation (50.3). 
 
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 Facet Joint Interventions are considered medically reasonable and necessary for the 
diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain in patients who meet all the following criteria: 
 
1. Moderate to severe chronic neck or low back pain, predominantly axial, that causes functional deficit 
measured on pain or disability scale* 
2. Pain present for minimum of 3 months with documented failure to respond to noninvasive conservative 
management (as tolerated) 
3. Absence of untreated radiculopathy or neurogenic claudication (except for radiculopathy caused by 
facet joint synovial cyst) 
4. There is no non-facet pathology per clinical assessment or radiology studies that could explain the 
source of the patients pain, including but not limited to fracture, tumor, infection, or significant 
deformity. 
 
You can find this information in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Facet Joint Interventions for Pain 
Management (L35936). 
 
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 modifier 25 may be appended to an Evaluation & Management (E&M) code when reported 
with another procedure or other service, on the same day of service to indicate a significant and separately 
identifiable E&M service when appropriate. You can find this information on the Medicare website in the 
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for coding edits at https://www.cms.gov/medicare-medicaid-
coordination/national-correct-coding-initiative-ncci/ncci-medicare/medicare-ncci-faq-library. 
 
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 99 to 101 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 Facet Joint Interventions are considered medically reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis 
and treatment of chronic pain in patients who meet all the following criteria: 
 
1. Moderate to severe chronic neck or low back pain, predominantly axial, that causes functional deficit 
measured on pain or disability scale 
2. Pain present for minimum of 3 months with documented failure to respond to noninvasive conservative 
management (as tolerated) 
3. Absence of untreated radiculopathy or neurogenic claudication (except for radiculopathy caused by 
facet joint synovial cyst) 
4. There is no non-facet pathology per clinical assessment or radiology studies that could explain the 
source of the patients pain, including but not limited to fracture, tumor, infection, or significant 
deformity. 
 
You can find this information in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Facet Joint Interventions for Pain 
Management (L38765). 
 
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.
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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 page 7 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 also say that certain data elements are required. Any claim with incomplete, missing, or invalid 
information for all of these elements may be 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 1, Section 80.3.1. 
 
The rules say that home health agencies (HHAs) must send the notice of admission (NOA) to the A/B MAC by 
mail, electronic data interchange (EDI), or direct data entry (DDE). EDI submissions require additional data 
not required by the NOA itself, to satisfy transaction standards. This data is described in a companion guide 
available on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website. HHAs may voluntarily agree to adopt 
the companion guide and use it to submit EDI NOAs at any time. 
 
The rules say that the admission date on the NOA must always match the From date. 
 
You can find these rules in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Medicare 
Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 10, Section 40.1. 
 
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 in order to qualify as a valid echocardiographic service, the study must be done for an 
accepted clinical indication by a properly trained examiner and must include a permanent record of the 
findings, data sufficient to support the conclusions and an appropriate interpretation and written report. Such a 
study would meet the standards required for a complete echocardiographic examination, regardless of the size 
or portability of the instrument used to perform the study. 
 
The rules say that echocardiography is indicated in the evaluation of derangements of valvular, myocardial and 
pericardial structure and function. 
 
The rules say that echocardiography performed for screening purposes is not covered. Screening includes 
testing performed on patients who present with risk factors (including the risk factor as having a positive family 
history, e.g., familial history of Marfan's disease). A screening service for high-risk patients is considered good 
medical practice but is not covered by Medicare. When the result of the test is abnormal, subsequent services 
may be billed with the test-result diagnosis; however, the initial screening test must be listed as screening, even 
though the result of the screening test may be a covered condition. 
 
You can find these rules in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Transthoracic Echocardiography 
(TTE) (L33577). 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that Medicare 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 Guidance Manual, Section 50.12.1. 
 
The rules say the unit of payment under the home health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) is a national 
30-day period rate with applicable adjustments. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Pub 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 7, Section 10. 
 
The rules say that the Notice of Admission (NOA) covers contiguous 30-day period until the individual is 
discharged from Medicare home health services. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Pub 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 7, Section 
10.4. 
 
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 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 both Initial Hospital Care (CPT codes 99221 - 99223) and Subsequent Hospital Care codes are 
per diem services and may be reported only once per day by the same physician or physicians of the same 
specialty from the same group practice. You can find this information in the Medicare Claims Processing 
Manual, Chapter 12, Section 30.6.9. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.