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MCRA’s Health Economics, Reimbursement & Public Policy division will be presenting an Elsevier Business Intelligence Webinar entitled “Case-by-Case Approval: Improving the Communication of Key Evidence to Secure Coverage” on September 27, 2012. Please click here for additional details and registration information for this upcoming webinar. Webinar Summary: As health plans place more and more roadblocks for coverageContinue Reading

MCRA’s Reimbursement and Regulatory departments are pleased to announce the recent publication of part one of a two-part series that critically analyzes the coverage environment for lumbar fusion for degenerative disc disease. In this collaborative publication, Review and Analysis of CMS’ 2006 MEDCAC Panel on Lumbar Fusion for Treatment of DDD, MCRA analysts focus onContinue Reading

Thank you to those who were able to attend the recent Orthopedic Intelligence webinar presented by Jeffrey D. Zigler, J.D. on The Future for Spine Reimbursement. For those who were not able to attend the webinar, please be aware that a recording of the webinar is available for viewing below. To learn about future webinars,Continue Reading

MCRA’s Senior Director of Quality Assurance, Steve Mounts, will be presenting on the topic of Regulatory Requirements and Validation at the Orthopedic Design & Technology Forum in Memphis on May 3, 2012. Operational challenges often can lead to weaknesses and gaps in systems that deliver and sustain the validated state for devices and processes. AsContinue Reading