The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should develop a transparent process for lifting coverage with evidence development restrictions as part of its planned update of the Medicare CED policy, a coalition of 20 patient groups, providers and researchers told the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in recent comments.
The comments respond to a recent draft report released by AHRQ that is intended to inform an update of the specifications around studies required as a condition of Medicare coverage in a CED decision (Also see "Medicare CED