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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 payment under the fee schedule for ambulance services includes a base rate payment plus a separate payment for mileage. This payment covers both the transport of the beneficiary to the nearest appropriate facility and all items and services associated with such transport. Payment for items and services, such as oxygen, is included in the fee schedule payment. Ambulance suppliers must accept the Medicare allowed charges as payment in full and may not bill or collect from the beneficiary any amount other than the unmet cost-sharing. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 414.610 and in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service, Internet-Only Manual, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 15, Section 20.1.1.
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 Medicare has affirmed non-coverage for CxBladder test codes 0012M and 0013M. 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
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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 $350 per day for days 1-5 and $0 per day for days 6-90 for each inpatient stay. You can find this information on pages 56-58 of the Plan's 2021 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 screening tests are excluded from coverage. The only exceptions are for the following services: 1. screening mammography, 2. colorectal cancer screening tests, 3. screening pelvic exams, 4. prostate cancer screening tests, 5. glaucoma screening exams, 6. ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), 7. cardiovascular disease screening tests, 8. diabetes screening tests, and 9. screening electrocardiograms, and 10. certain other testing recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force and approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 411.15(a)(1) and 42 CFR Section 410.64. The rules allow payment for an annual wellness visit (AWV) providing personalized prevention plan services (PPPS), when performed by a health professional (as defined in this section), for an individual who is no longer within 12 months after the effective date of his/her first Medicare Part B coverage period, and has not received either an initial preventive physical examination (IPPE) or an AWV within the past 12 months. Medicare coinsurance and Part B deductibles do not apply. You can find this rule in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter, Section 280.5 - Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) Providing Personalized Prevention Plan Services (PPPS).
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 health plan contract says that an annual physical exam is covered once per year. It is a more comprehensive exam than the annual wellness visit. A qualified physician or qualified non-physician practitioner will collect health information and measure different bodily systems as a baseline reading. You can find this information on page 61 of the 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 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, 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, 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 14 of the Plans 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 that providers 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 a treatment authorization code is a data element on home health claims that is required for coverage. Medicare systems validate the length of the treatment authorization code and ensure that each position is in the correct format. If the format is incorrect, the contractor returns the claim to the provider. You can find this rule in Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 10 - Home Health Agency Billing; Section 40.2 -HH PPS Claims.

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 SelectMDx has been deemed investigational due to lack of independent validation, false negatives, short follow-up, lack of randomized trials, lack of cut-point standardization, undetected cancers (up to 25%) with a single negative prostate biopsy, and the potential for upgrading (32%-49) that occurs in patients with Gleason 6 at biopsy. The concern implicit in the last two issues is that biomarker validations studies, which correlate biomarker test results only with initial biopsy findings, may be underestimating the risk of missing clinically significant cancer, hence the need for longer follow-up. You can find this rule in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Biomarker Testing (Prior to Initial Biopsy) for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (L37733). The rules also say that code 81479 is not considered medically necessary when used for SelectMDx. You can find this rule in Local Coverage Article: Billing and Coding: Biomarker Testing (Prior to Initial Biopsy) for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (A56609).
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 multiplex PCR respiratory viral panels of 6 or more pathogens are non-covered. The pathogen targets that compose the panels are determined by the manufacturers that make them, and do not represent specific pathogens that cause a common syndrome, or the organisms that commonly are found in a specific sample type or patient population or reflect seasonal variations. The fixed nature of these multiplex panels includes pathogens that cause infections different enough that simultaneous testing for these pathogens should be rare. Examples include Chlamydophilia (Chlamydia) pneumoniae or Bordetella pertussis in combination with rhinovirus, influenza viruses, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The multiplex PCR respiratory viral panels are effectively a "one size fits all" diagnostic approach, and do not meet Medicare's "reasonable and necessary" criteria. Non-coverage of these multiplex RCR respiratory viral panels does not deny patient access because appropriate clinician directed testing is available. You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) MolDX: Multiplex Nucleic Acid Amplified Tests for Respiratory Viral Panel L37713.

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.

Effective for services performed on or after March 16, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has determined that Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) as a diagnostic laboratory test is reasonable

and necessary and covered nationally, when performed in a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified laboratory, when ordered by a treating physician, and when all of the following requirements are met:

1. Patient has:
- either recurrent, relapsed, refractory, metastatic, or advanced stage III or IV cancer; and,
- either not been previously tested using the same NGS test for the same primary diagnosis of cancer, or repeat testing using the same NGS test only when a new primary cancer diagnosis is made by the treating physician; and,
- decided to seek further cancer treatment (e.g., therapeutic chemotherapy).

2. The diagnostic laboratory test using NGS must have:
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approval or clearance as a companion in vitro diagnostic; and,
- an FDA-approved or -cleared indication for use in that patient's cancer; and,
- results provided to the treating physician for management of the patient using a report template to specify treatment options.

You can find these rules in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Publication 100-03, National Coverage Determination (NCD) Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) (90.2).

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 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 16 of the 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 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 $15 copayment for lab services. You can find this information on page 96 of the Plan's 2021 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 the implantation of an infusion pump is contraindicated in the following patients: With a known allergy or hypersensitivity to the drug being used (e.g., oral baclofen, morphine, etc.);or, Who have an active infection;or, Whose body size is insufficient to support the weight and bulk of the device; or, With other implanted programmable devices since crosstalk between devices may inadvertently change the prescription. NOTE: Payment may also be made for drugs necessary for the effective use of an implantable infusion pump as long as the drug being used with the pump is itself reasonable and necessary for the patient's treatment. You can find this information in the National Coverage Determination (NCD) Infusion Pumps (280.14).
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 plans may choose the networks of providers available to enrollees and may require enrollees to obtain authorization before receiving services. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(a) and in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-16, Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 1, Section 20.2.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan contract says that, with limited exceptions, members of the Plan must use network providers to get medical care and services. The only exceptions are emergencies, urgently needed care when the network is not available (generally, when the enrollee is out of the area), out-of-area dialysis services, and cases in which the Plan authorizes the use of out-of-network providers. You can find this information in Chapter 3 on pages 45 to 46 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 that providers 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 also say that genes can be assayed serially or in parallel. Genes assayed on the same date of service are considered to be assayed in parallel if the result of 1 assay does not affect the decision to complete the assay on another gene, and the 2 genes are being tested for the same indication. If a laboratory assays 2 or more genes in a patient in parallel, then those 2 or more genes will be considered part of the same panel. A panel constitutes a single procedural service, so 1 code must be submitted for the panel. You can find this rule in Local Coverage Article: Billing and Coding: MolDX: Testing of Multiple Genes (A57880).

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 to report a pharmacogenomics testing service, providers must enter one unit of service of the correct procedure code and enter the appropriate DEX Z-Code identifier adjacent to the procedure code. This rule can be found in Medicare Local Coverage Article - Billing and Coding: MolDX: Pharmacogenomics Testing (A58324).

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 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).

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 there is a a $300 in-network deductible which applies to certain items and services. The Plan deductible applies to the diagnostic mammogram with digital breast tomosynthesis. You can find this information on pages 59 and 60 of the Plan's 2021 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 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. The Plan contract says there is an annual maximum benefit of $1,000 every year. The contract says that after the annual maximum is exhausted, any remaining charges are your responsibility. The Plan contract also says that for services obtained Out-of-Network the Plan only pays up to a certain amount. If you choose to see an Out-of-Network dentist, you might be billed for any amount greater than what the Plan pays. You can find this information on page 4-57 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 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 prosthetic devices. You can find this information on page 90 of the Plan's 2021 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).