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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

Late last week, the 2013 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule appeared in the May 11, 2012 edition of the Federal Register. This Proposed Rule intends to revise and update the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system for acute care hospitals and for inpatient services provided by long-term care hospitals for fiscal year 2013.Continue Reading

Earlier this month, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two final rules for 2012, addressing modifications to the payment policies under Medicare’s Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and updates to payments policies and payment rates furnished in hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers. Both final rules address comments and concerns submitted inContinue Reading

In the September 17, 2010 issue of the Federal Register, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced their intent to initiate a process for parallel evaluations of FDA-regulated medical products whereby FDA’s premarket review and CMS’s national coverage determination process would occur simultaneously. This parallel reviewContinue Reading