tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 9
LMRPS: Carriers Unveil Spate of Draft LMRPs
Need summer beach reading? Your carrier may have just the thing. Carriers are putting out a number of draft local medical review policies for the summer with comments due by early August in most cases. For example, Noridian released a number of draft LMRPs affecting all 11 states that it covers. They include:Brachytherapy - Non-Intracoronary: This policy is based on a model LMRP developed by the American College of Radiology's Radiation Oncology Carrier Advisory Committee network, so it shouldn't prove too controversial. Radiographs may be used in brachytherapy simulations but shouldn't be reported as port films, the carrier states...
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