Draft Policies

CMS and WPS Medicare develop policies to help ensure proper Medicare payments. Providers use the policies to verify coverage of a procedure or service.

WPS Medicare has a staff of physicians and registered nurses responsible for developing, monitoring, and updating policies. The policy staff is dedicated to helping Medicare beneficiaries as well as providing Medicare providers medical necessity reimbursement guidance.

The policy staff works closely with Provider Outreach and Education (POE) to ensure timely and accurate policy education is provided. Sign up for our eNews to receive the most current policy changes. Also, please check our Training Schedule section for educational opportunities on a specific policy or topic.

Comment on Draft LCDs

J5 MAC Draft LCD Status

Comment on the Draft LCDs

Your input is important to Local Coverage Determination (LCD) development. To comment electronically on the policies listed above, please send an email to the following address:
policycomments@wpsic.com.

J5 MAC Draft LCD Status

*Current Status Indicators are as follows:
D = draft under development; not yet released for comment
C = draft LCD released for comment
E = formal comment period has ended; comments now being considered
F = final LCD has been issued (this is not the local coverage determination effective date)
A = active policy; notice period complete and the policy is in effect
Actual date of release of the final LCD is the date the policy is published in our newsletter/Website.

The effective date is 45 days after the release/publication of the final LCD.

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