CMS coverage criteria
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Agency plans to release a guidance document on criteria for Medicare coverage "at the end of the summer," CMS Center for Medicare Management Director Tom Grissom tells attendees at the Medical Device Manufacturers Association annual meeting May 21 in Washington, D.C. A May 2000 Federal Register notice proposed several criteria by which CMS and its contractors would make coverage decisions but was criticized by industry for not including the cost of therapy in some situations (1"The Gray Sheet" October 30, 2000, p. 11)...