Open Meeting for Local Coverage Determinations ( New York)

In accordance with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ directive to include information and opinions from members of the general public as part of the local coverage determination process, Empire Medicare Services will host open, public meetings, at which interested parties may submit scientific, evidence-based information, professional consensus opinions or other information relevant to the development of Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs).

This open forum meeting will take place on:

The draft LCDs that are open to discussion for this meeting will be posted on our Web site after June 12, 2006 at: www.empiremedicare.com.

Interested parties are invited to make presentations of information relating to the LCDs on the agenda to the Carrier Medical Directors (CMDs), Norbert W. Rainford, M.D. and Paul G. Deutsch, M.D.

If you plan to participate, please inform Ms. Katherine Dunphy by fax, at (212) 476-7617, in order to facilitate entrance to the building.

Please send a brief summary of your presentation, along with scientific/informational sources to the Carrier Medical Director. Presentations will be limited to 5 minutes each, unless time permits an extension.

By e-mail, send comments to: lmrpcomment@empireblue.com

By regular mail, send comments to:

A summary of the information submitted at the open meeting will be presented at a closed session of the Carrier Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting held the following week.

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