CMS Allows Local Contractors Latitude For SCD Risk-Assessor
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
After cardiologists strongly urged CMS to support MWTA testing using the modified moving average method to determine if patients are at risk of sudden cardiac death, CMS left an opening for local Medicare contractors to decide on coverage rather than retaining a national non-coverage policy.
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