Lexology January 26, 2023
Six of the seven Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) are scheduled to jointly host a multijurisdictional contractor advisory committee (CAC) meeting on February 28, 2023. This CAC panel meeting will allow the MACs to obtain feedback from a panel of experts on the strength of currently published evidence on remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) for non-implantable medical devices.
CAC meetings often, but not always, are held in advance of the publication of a draft local coverage determination (LCD), specifying the circumstances or criteria under which items and services may be covered by Medicare in a particular geographic region. Given the increasing utilization of remote monitoring services, interested stakeholders should consider attending the upcoming CAC meeting and begin...