Local Review Flaws Signify Opportunity To Improve National Coverage – Wood
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A pre-authorization system informing beneficiaries and physicians in advance which procedures are likely to be covered by Medicare is preferable to continued local medical review policies (LMRPs), according to Douglas Wood, MD, Mayo Clinic
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