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Agencies disagree on uniform medicare coverage policy. (Local or National?).
Publication: OB GYN News Publication Date: 01-JUL-03 Author: Frieden, Joyce
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COPYRIGHT 2003 International Medical News Group
BALTIMORE -- Federal agencies disagree about whether Medicare should continue to have two types of coverage policies: local coverage decisions that affect only a certain geographic area, and national coverage decisions that affect beneficiaries nationwide.
Representatives of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services tout the value of having two types of decisions.
"If your {scientific] evidence is not mature, it's better to go local," said Dr. Stephen Phurrough of CMS' Office of Clinical Standards and Quality said at a meeting sponsored by the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed). But...
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