CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) proclaims success in speed of coverage decisions
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Medicare officials are trumpeting the results of their first report on the timeliness of the national coverage process. In its recent report on fiscal year 2001, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) claimed it worked expeditiously within its own self-imposed timeline to make national coverage determinations and implement the decision.