Page Help for National Coverage Analyses – Open and Closed

The National Coverage Analyses (NCAs) Alphabetical Index is a list of all NCAs that are designated by CMS as “Open,”, which means that a Decision Memo has not been issued for the NCA, or “Closed”; which means the Decision Memo has been issued for the NCA.

Document Counter: Indicates the number of document(s) that are currently selected on the page. When one (1) or more documents are selected, you may choose to print the selected record(s) or add them to your basket.

'Print Selected' Button: After document(s) have been selected, you may click the 'Print Selected' button to print a list of records that have been selected.

'Add to Basket' Button: After document(s) have been selected, you may click the 'Add to Basket' button to store the selected records in your Basket.

'Select All Records' / 'Unselect All Records' Button: The 'Select All Records' button will check (select) every record on the current page (of the pagination) including pages with multiple results tables. Once the 'Select All Records' button has been clicked, you may click the 'Unselect All Records' to undo the action. If you navigate to another page within the results set, the records will no longer be selected.

'Expand All' / 'Collapse All' Links: The 'Expand All' and 'Collapse All' links are used to expand or collapse all sections or a series of sections on a page.

Section Header: The section header can be expanded and collapsed.

Number of Records: This number represents the number of records available in a set.

Alphabetical Links: The Alphabetical Links above a results table are used to jump to document titles starting with that letter. Only highlighted letters in blue are enabled. The non-highlighted letters are disabled because there are no records with a title that starts with that particular letter.

'Go to page' Function: The 'Go to page' function indicates the current page of the results table you are viewing. To navigate to a specific page number, enter the number in the input field and click the 'Go to page' button.

Page Navigation: The page navigation provides navigation links to pages within the results table. The 'First' link will navigate to the first page of the results table. The 'Prev' link will navigate one page back from the current page. The numeric links will navigate to that particular page number. The page that you are currently viewing is displayed as a black number and cannot be clicked. To view more pages in the range, click the '…' link. The 'Next' link will navigate one page forward from the current page. The 'Last' link will navigate to the last page of the results table.

View Items Per Page: The 'View Items Per Page' drop-down allows you to select the number of records to view per page. Available options are 10, 25, 50, and 100.

Results Table: The Results Table section displays results based on a search criteria or a predefined list. If the records in this table have associated details pages, you will be able to click on the hyperlink to view information.

'Select All' Check box: The 'Select All' check box will check (select) all records visible on the page within one results table. The individual check boxes can be used to select particular records.

'Back to Top' Link: The 'Back to Top' link anchors to the top of the page.