REIMBURSEMENT NEWS
30-July-2008
On July 30, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a list of proposed technologies
for national coverage decisions. Topics were selected based upon what,
in CMS’s opinion, were presence of one or more of the following
conditions:
1) significant number of inquiries from the public, providers, or patients;
2) new evidence or a reexamination of previously available evidence; 3) inconsistent or conflicting local coverage policies;
4) program integrity concerns;
5) substantial clinical advances;
6) technologies for which rapid diffusion could have a significant programmatic impact, or;
7)
significant uncertainty about the health benefit, patient selection, or
appropriate facility and staffing requirements for a new technology.
Technologies listed included:
- Ablation for atrial fibrillation
- Biological therapies for treatment of chronic wounds
- Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
- Lumbar fusion for degenerative disc disease
- Peripheral arterial stenting and vascular intervention
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