On July 9, 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new Clinical Trial Policy (CTP) National Coverage Determination (NCD). In response to concerns raised by various industry groups, CMS postponed the broad changes that many believed it was ready to implement and instead made two small changes in the plan while maintaining the broad outlines of the policy that has been in effect since 2000. The changes primarily resolve confusion by some contractors who were paying for claims that CMS believed the NCD did not cover...
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