HCFA Letter To HIMA Supports Strong Role For MCAC Executive Committee
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The executive committee of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee can "give advice to the [MCAC] panels on the relative weight to be accorded to various types of evidence," the Health Care Financing Administration asserts in a Jan. 12 letter to Brad Thompson, legal counsel for the Health Industry Manufacturers Association.
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