MEDCAC Meeting 7/20/2016 - Lower Extremity Chronic Venous Disease
MDS 3.0 Insider, July 15, 2016
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On July 20, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will convene a panel of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC). The MEDCAC panel will examine the scientific evidence underpinning the benefit and risk of existing lower extremity chronic venous disease treatments that aim to improve health outcomes in the Medicare population. This meeting will also identify evidence gaps that exist related to lower extremity chronic venous disease.
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