LCD (Local Coverage Determination)

Why and How to Comment on Medicare LCDs
by Anne Jones, RN BSN RVT RDMS, and Bill Sarraille, SVU's Regulatory Counsel

Societies' letter to Dr. Hickman
(MS Word, 168K) on need for certification and accreditation requirement in Noninvasive Vascular Studies LCDs.

California

CQU and SVU Need Help Influencing California Florida Medicare Carrier 04/06/05

CQU letter to NHIC re: California LCD Reconsideration Policy 03/09/05 (MSWord/98k)

SVU letter to NHIC re: California LCD Reconsideration Policy 03/09/05 (MSWord/94k)

Florida

CQU Comment Letter 11/0705 (PDF, 52k)

SVU Comment Letter 11/0705 (PDF, 45k)

Florida Member Action Letter Template 03/09/05 (MSWord, 42k)

CQU letter to First Coast Service Options re: the Florida LCD (PDF/1.07Mb) 12/28/04

Comments on Florida’s Draft LCD on Transthoracic Echocardiography from CQU (PDF/126k) 7/19/04

• Attachment One (PDF/12k)

Iowa

CQU letter to Cahaba GBA re: Iowa LCD Reconsideration Policy 02/28/05 (MSWord/111k)

Tennessee

SVU Comment Letter 11/15/05 (PDF, 41k)