ADRSupport friends,
If you carefully read some of the news about Medicare in the article library, you will see that CMMS is reviewing parts of the U.S. policy that covers lumbar arthroplasty for Medicare patients. The issues are a bit confusing (it’s more than covering patients 60+ years), so I have a call into one of the CMMS specialists who may be able to help provide guidance.
I wanted to encourage people to submit feedback to them, but even that request is a bit tricky, because:
- It appears that the CMMS site requires you to create an account/password – after you submit feedback!
- The issues are multifaceted and not necessarily clearly defined; e.g., ADR seems to be a small but significant part of the discussion.
- IMHO, the issues and their website are not conducive to constructive communications. In the coming days, I’ll see if I can get clarity on the issues.
You may provide feedback on the CMMS issues directly, by going to
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/InfoExchange/...iccomments.asp
Scroll to the bottom, see "submit feedback." They don't make it easy, eh?
Or if you prefer, simply reply within this thread; I'll consolidate the responses and send along to CMMS.
See all the recent articles
here, especially the latest one.
Thanks for caring!