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 say that Medicare plans must make reasonable and diligent efforts to gather and forward information 
to the Independent Review Entity (IRE). You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Parts C & D Enrollee Grievances, Organization/Coverage 
  
  Determinations, and Appeals Grievance Manual, Section 50.12.1. 
 
The rules also say that if a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan decides to adopt and apply step therapy to Part B 
drugs, the MA plan must disclose that Part B drugs may be subject to step therapy requirements in the plans 
Annual Notice of Change (ANOC) and Evidence of Coverage (EOC) documents. You can find this information 
in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Memo: Prior Authorization and Step Therapy for Part 
B Drugs in Medicare Advantage. 
 
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 the first diagnostic facet joint procedure:  a. For the first diagnostic facet joint procedure 
to be considered medically reasonable and necessary, the patient must meet the criteria outlined under 
indications for facet joint interventions. b. A second confirmatory diagnostic facet joint procedure is considered 
medically reasonable and necessary in patients who meet ALL the following criteria: i. The patient meets the 
criteria for the first diagnostic procedure; AND ii. After the first diagnostic facet joint procedure, there must be 
a consistent positive response of at least 80% relief of primary (index) pain (with the duration of relief being 
consistent with the agent used. You can find this in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Facet Joint 
Interventions for Pain Management (L38765). 
 
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 Medicare pays no more than 36 continuous monthly rental payment amounts for oxygen and 
oxygen equipment. Payment for oxygen contents (HCPCS codes E0441 through E0444) used with liquid or 
gaseous oxygen equipment (stationary or portable) continues after the 36-month rental cap for any period of 
medical need for the remainder of the reasonable useful lifetime of the equipment. 
You can find these rules in the Medicare Learning Network Matters Number: MM10837. 
 
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 no more than two of the same socket inserts (L5654, L5655, L5656, L5658, L5661, L5665, 
L5673, L5679, L5681, L5683) are allowed per individual prosthesis at the same time. You can find this rule in 
the Medicare Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Lower Limb Prostheses (L33787). 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
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 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) has established units of service edits 
referred to as Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs). An MUE for a Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System 
(HCPCS)/Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code is the maximum number of units of service under most 
circumstances allowable by the same provider for the same enrollee on the same date of service. Claims 
submitted where the unit of service exceeds the MUE value for that HCPCS/CPT code will be denied.   
 
Beginning on April 1, 2013, CMS introduced the MUE Adjudication Indicator (MAI) to differentiate between 
types of MUEs. If a code has an MAI of 1, appropriate use of a modifier may be used to report the same code 
on separate lines of the claim. MUEs for codes with an MAI of 2 are absolute date of service edits. These are 
per day edits based on policy. Codes with an MAI of 2 have been rigorously reviewed and vetted within 
CMS and obtain this MAI designation because units of service on the same date of service (DOS) in excess of 
the MUE value would be considered impossible because it was contrary to statute, regulation, or subregulatory 
guidance. 
 
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(V). 
 
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, 30.2.2. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.
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Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules state that a second confirmatory diagnostic facet joint procedure is considered medically reasonable 
and necessary if, after the first diagnostic facet joint procedure, there is a consistent positive response of at least 
80% relief of primary (index) pain (with the duration of relief being consistent with the agent used). 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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Decision: unknown

 
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 ambulatory electrocardiography (AECG) refers to services rendered in an outpatient setting 
over a specified period of time, generally while a patient is engaged in daily activities, including sleep. AECG 
devices are intended to provide the physician with documented episodes of arrhythmia, which may not be 
detected using a standard 12-lead EKG. AECG is most typically used to evaluate symptoms that may correlate 
with intermittent cardiac arrhythmias and/or myocardial ischemia. Such symptoms include syncope, dizziness, 
chest pain, palpitations, or shortness of breath. Additionally, AECG is used to evaluate patient response to 
initiation, revision, or discontinuation of arrhythmic drug therapy. You can find the rules in National Coverage 
Determination (NCD) Electrocardiographic Services 20.15. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.
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Decision: unknown

 
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 P means that these codes are always 
bundled/excluded codes. There will be no payment amounts for these codes and no separate payment is ever 
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 23, 30.2.2. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
  
  The rules say that an electrical bone growth stimulator is covered only for the following indications: 
 
1. Nonunion of long bone fractures;  
 
2. Failed fusion, where a minimum of 9 months has elapsed since the last surgery;  
 
3. Congenital pseudarthroses;  
 
Nonunion of long bone fractures is considered to exist only when serial radiographs have confirmed that 
fracture healing has ceased for 3 or more months prior to starting treatment with the electrical osteogenic 
stimulator. Serial radiographs must include a minimum of 2 sets of radiographs, each including multiple views 
of the fracture site, separated by a minimum of 90 days. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-03, Medicare National Coverage Determinations 
Manual, Section 150.2. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules state that as of October 4, 2018, non-coverage is reaffirmed for Current Procedural Terminology 
(CPT) codes 0012M and 0013M for CxBladder. You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Biomarkers for Oncology (L35396). 
 
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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Decision: unknown

 
The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. 
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
The rules say that A Group 3 PWC with no power options (K0848, K0849, K0850, K0851, K0852, K0853, 
K0854, K0855) is covered if: 
A. All of the coverage criteria (a)-(e) for a PWC are met; and 
B. The beneficiary's mobility limitation is due to a neurological condition, myopathy, or congenital 
skeletal deformity; and 
C. The beneficiary has had a specialty evaluation that was performed by a licensed/certified 
medical professional, such as a PT or OT, or practitioner who has specific training and 
experience in rehabilitation wheelchair evaluations and that documents the medical necessity for 
the wheelchair and its special features (see Documentation Requirements section). The PT, OT, 
or practitioner may have no financial relationship with the supplier; and 
D. The wheelchair is provided by a supplier that employs a RESNA-certified Assistive Technology 
Professional (ATP) who specializes in wheelchairs and who has direct, in-person involvement in 
the wheelchair selection for the beneficiary. 
If a Group 3 PWC is provided and if criteria (IV)(A)  (IV)(D) are not met, it will be denied as not reasonable 
and necessary. 
 
A Group 3 PWC with Single Power Option (K0856, K0857, K0858, K0859, K0860) or with Multiple Power 
Options (K0861, K0862, K0863, K0864) is covered if: 
E. The Group 3 criteria IV(A) and IV(B) are met; and 
F. The Group 2 Single Power Option (criteria II[A] and II[B]) or Multiple Power Options (criteria 
III[A] and III[B]) (respectively) are met. 
If a Group 3 Single Power Option or Multiple Power Options PWC is provided and if criterion V(A) or (V)(B) 
is not met, it will be denied as not reasonable and necessary. You can find this rule at Local Coverage 
Determination (LCD) L33789: Power Mobility Devices (eff. 1/1/20). 
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.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
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 up to 48 one-way trips to Plan approved locations every year. You can find this information on pages 4-
60 to 4-61 of the Plans 2022 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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Decision: unknown

 
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 non-coverage has been reaffirmed for Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes 0012M 
and 0013M for CxBladder. You can find this rule in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Biomarkers for 
Oncology (L35396). 
 
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.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
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. 
 
Medicare does not pay for low vision aids. This exclusion includes all devices that use one or more lenses to 
aid vision or magnify images. This rule applies no matter the size, form or technological features of the device. 
  
  This rule does not apply to:  
 
1. post-surgical prosthetic lenses after surgery in which the lens of the eye was removed;  
 
2. prosthetic intraocular lenses (IOLs) and one pair of conventional eyeglasses or contact lenses furnished after 
each cataract surgery with insertion of an IOL; and  
 
3. prosthetic lenses used by those who are lacking the natural lens of the eye and who were not furnished with 
an IOL.  
You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 411.15(b). 
  
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 the Plan covers up to $625 per year to be used toward the purchase of eyeglasses (frames 
and lenses) and/or contact lenses. Maximum benefit amount applies for both In-Network and Out-of-Network. 
You can find this information on page 113 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 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 on pages 52 to 48 of the Plan's 
(2021) Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

 
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 on page 3-4 of the Plan's 2022 
Evidence of Coverage
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Decision: unknown

 
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 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. 
 
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.