A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has clarified that a Medicare beneficiary may challenge a Medicare Local Coverage Determination (LCD) without first having to exhaust the lengthy...more
On January 27, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a national coverage determination (“NCD”) that authorizes Medicare coverage of next-generation sequencing (“NGS”) as a diagnostic laboratory...more
2/7/2020
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Clinical Laboratories ,
Diagnostic Tests ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Genetic Testing ,
Laboratory Developed Tests ,
Local Coverage Determination (LCD) ,
MACs ,
Medicare
On October 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed decision memo with a national coverage determination (“NCD”) that would allow for Medicare coverage of next-generation sequencing...more
11/8/2019
/ Cancer ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Clinical Laboratories ,
Diagnostic Tests ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Genetic Testing ,
Laboratory Developed Tests ,
Local Coverage Determination (LCD) ,
MACs ,
Medicare
In October 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it made significant changes to the process by which local coverage determinations (“LCDs”) are developed and issued. These changes were...more