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Open Meetings
Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Development
(Reference: Program Memorandum
Transmittal AB-00-116)
In order to ensure that the development
of LCD occurs through a public and open process, Arkansas Medicare
Services invites submission of information from members of the general
public. Arkansas Medicare Services permits interested parties to
submit scientific, evidence-based information, professional consensus
opinions, or any other relevant information regarding Draft LCDs.
Open meetings will be held prior to the presentation of these policies
at the Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting. The Contractor
Medical Director (CMD) will allow interested parties (generally those
that would be affected by the LCD, including providers, physicians,
vendors, manufactures, beneficiaries, or their caretakers) to make
presentations of information related to draft policies. If time and
space are insufficient to accommodate all who wish to speak, the
contractor will accept written (or e-mail) comments and give them full
and equal consideration as if presented at the meeting. Members of the
CAC may attend these public meetings.
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Location: |
Regions Center
400 W. Capitol Ave
Suite 900
Little Rock, AR 72201 |
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Dates: |
September 9, 2008 1:00 p.m.
According to PIM Chapter 13.7.4.1 (D), the
Draft LCD Open Meeting is required for the purpose of discussing
draft LCDs. Due to the planned conversion of Local Medicare
Contractors to Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC), the
Carrier is not presenting any draft LCDs for discussion in
January. Therefore this meeting is not required.
Please utilize the
Reconsideration Process for
dissemination of information relative to any final LCDs that are
currently active. If anyone has additional LCD issues that
may warrant an Open Meeting, please utilize the ' Contact Us
' feature on our website providing specific information
relative to your concern and we will respond accordingly. In the unforeseable event that these dates or
times have to be altered in any way, any changes will be posted
by the first of each meeting month. The only exceptions to this
will be inclement weather conditions and this will be posted as
soon as it is available. |
Policies
The policies to be discussed at
the meeting are available for review through the
Draft Policy section of our web site.
Directions:
Directions to the LCD Open
Meetings may be viewed by clicking
here.
Attendance
All members of the public are
invited to attend the open meeting as observers. However,
pre-registration is required for all participants and observers due to
limited seating. This can be done by notifying Medicare Services.
This will enable the Carrier to contact you individually if there are
any emergency changes.
Requests to Present Information
Interested parties, who wish to
make presentations of scientific evidence and other scientific-based
information related to the draft policies, must
notify Medicare Services and RSVP notification of intent to
attend must include:
- Name, address, telephone number, fax
number, e-mail address, and company affiliation
- Name of policy which you wish to
address
Registration must be received in our
office no later than 3 business days prior to the meeting you wish to
attend. Time restraints will not allow consideration of requests
received later than 2 full business days prior to the scheduled
meeting.
Presentations will be limited to 10
minutes each. Presentations may be transcribed, recorded, and/or
summarized by Medicare Services. The presenter must provide written
permission to allow transcription, recording, and/or summarization of
the presentation. It is the presenter’s responsibility to provide any
audio-visual support necessary for the presentation. A summary of all
comments received will be posted in
Draft LCD
Section at the end of the comment period.
In addition, presenters must provide
fifty (50) copies of an executive summary of the information they plan
on presenting, fifty (50) copies of the presentation and handouts they
plan to share, and have considered by the full Carrier Advisory
Committee.
Agenda:
To view the agenda for the LCD Open Meeting, please refer to the
Draft LCD Section. All policies open for comment will be posted to this section by the comment period begin date.
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