Learn how to locate local and national coverage information regarding local coverage determinations (LCDs) and national coverage determinations (NCDs).
Learn how the local coverage determination (LCDs) process works with this informative guide. General information on the local coverage development (LCD) process.
Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) develop LCDs to describe circumstances for Medicare coverage for our jurisdictions. There are two ways to view LCDs, either by viewing the list of all active LCDs and articles on the medical policy/…
FastTrack to Medicare coverage policies provides a hierarchy of critical resources to determine if a Medicare policy exists, and if not, what to do next.
Medicare Coverage Database code and keyword search
To search the Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) for First Coast's LCDs and related articles, enter your keyword(s), code, or document id below.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a nationwide audit identifying Medicare Part B payments to physicians for anesthesia administered during selected spinal pain management (SPM) procedures that were at risk for noncompliance wi…
First Coast may consider coverage of a humanitarian use device, intended to benefit a small patient population, when the provider follows the specific guidelines and submits the appropriate documentation.
Read about pre-market approval (PMA), PMA post-approval studies, pre-market notification (PMN) 510(k), and 510(k) post-approval extension studies guidelines related only to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) with carotid artery ste…