Jurisdiction J (JJ) Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Notification: This article describes the consolidation of LCDs for JJ and serves as notification to the JJ provider community of the consolidated LCDs that will be in effect in JJ following the transition from Cahaba to Palmetto GBA.

Local Coverage Determinations

• Proposed LCD Status Report 
• Open Meetings
• LCD Reconsideration Process 
• How to Use the Medicare Coverage Database

Medical Policies

• Proposed LCDs
• Active LCDs
• Future Effective LCDs
• Retired LCDs 
• Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) Archive - This website contains: 
  • Proposed LCDs one year after being released to the final LCD
  • Retired LCDs and Articles one year after their retirement dates
  • Superseded versions of active LCDs and Articles after one year
  • All ICD-9 LCDs and Articles now reside on the MCD Archive

Articles

• Coverage Articles
• Self-administered Drug List

National Coverage Determinations

• National Coverage Determinations (NCD)
• The link for the Reconsideration Process must be used for any suggested changes to CMS. Palmetto GBA cannot make update National Coverage Determinations, only CMS can.