Increased access to CMS staff a priority.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has unveiled the first three drafts in a series of guidance documents to improve the Medicare National Coverage Determination (NCD) process.
What's it mean? The documents shed more light on CMS' decision-making process - including the scientific basis for coverage decisions - and increase access to CMS coverage staff, say CMS officials.
Tech Council Gets Own Web Site In addition to issuing the first NCD draft, CMS also rolled out the new Internet home for the Council on Technology and Innovation.
The council of CMS-appointed experts on clinical, coverage and payment issues operates at
www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/cti.