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Improving the Quality and Efficiency of the Medicare Program Through Coverage Policy

August 1, 2009 | Issue Brief

This policy paper describes how Medicare makes decisions about which procedures and technologies to cover, explores particular problems in how Medicare applies policies about covering new services, and outlines opportunities for improvement in the process of making coverage decisions