title: Medicare program; procedures for making national coverage decisions. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.  General notice.
abstract: This notice announces the process we will use to make a national coverage decision for a specific item or service under sections 1862 and 1871 of the Social Security Act.  This notice will streamline our decisionmaking process and will increase the opportunities for public participation in making national coverage decisions.
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States