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01/13/2011

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CMS Updates to Coverage Pages

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Posted materials for January 19 MEDCAC meeting. Also updated Bariatric Surgery and Carotid Artery Stenting Facilities.

Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) Meetings

CMS WILL NO LONGER BE PROVIDING PAPER COPIES OF THE HANDOUTS FOR THE MEETING. ELECTRONIC COPIES OF ALL THE MEETING MATERIALS WILL BE POSTED ON THE CMS WEBSITE PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT http://www.cms.gov/mcd/index_list.asp?list_type=mcac

1/19/2011 - The Impact of ESA Use on Renal Transplant Graft Survival
Posted agenda, roster, speaker list and technology assessment for meeting
http://www.cms.gov/mcd/viewmcac.asp?where=index&mid=57

Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee
Posted updated roster
http://www.cms.gov/FACA/02_MedCAC.asp#TopOfPage

Medicare Approved Facilities/Trials/Registries

Bariatric Surgery
Updated list
http://www.cms.gov/MedicareApprovedFacilitie/BSF/list.asp#TopOfPage

Carotid Artery Stenting Facilities
Added new facility
http://www.cms.gov/MedicareApprovedFacilitie/CASF/list.asp#TopOfPage