Medicare local coverage
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Preliminary data from two-year study of local coverage trends by University of Minnesota may be available "soon" for review by the HHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Regulatory Reform, according to principal investigator Susan Foote. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the study addresses causes of variation in local coverage and how long it takes different carriers to implement coverage. A General Accounting Office study on national and local coverage decisions is expected out in September (1"The Gray Sheet" Jan. 21, 2002, In Brief)...