Help & Resources

Please be advised that a planned outage of the MCD application is scheduled for Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at 8 P.M. ET for routine system maintenance. The anticipated downtime is roughly 15 minutes.

CMS is pleased to announce it is developing an Application Programming Interface (API) for the MCD. This API will allow users to programmatically access data that are currently only accessible through the web interface and download files. We welcome feedback from users like you as we design and develop the API. If you want to receive information about this initiative as it develops, discover opportunities to provide feedback, participate in testing, or learn more, please contact us using the Submit Feedback/Ask a Question link. Please provide your Name and Organization Name.

Take a look at the Latest Site Updates document in the MCD Info & Tips section of the Help & Resources page. This document includes descriptions of recent changes made to the Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) website.

A new version of the MLN Educational Tool - How To Use The Medicare Coverage Database has been released. https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/MLN/Educational-Tools/MLN901347-How-to-MCD/mcd/index.html

In late June, updates to the Proposed LCD and Final LCD document views and associated download files will be deployed on the MCD. These changes include: 1) Adding two new fields to the Proposed LCD document view: Issue Description and Requestor Information. These fields will only appear when data is available to display. For Proposed LCDs, the new Issue Description field will appear immediately below the Proposed LCD Title. The new Requestor Information field will display immediately below the Reason for Proposed LCD in the Proposed Process Information section. These fields will also be added to the LCD data dictionary and the download database files. 2) Adding two new fields to the Final LCD document view: Issue Description and Issue - Explanation of Change between Proposed LCD and Final LCD. These fields will only appear when data is available to display. For LCDs, the new Issue Description field will appear immediately below the Notice Period End Date in the LCD Information section. The new Issue - Explanation of Change Between Proposed LCD and Final LCD field will display immediately below the new Issue Description field. These fields will also be added to the LCD data dictionary and the download database files. These changes to the document view and underlying database are being made in support of the new LCD Tracking Sheets which will be displayed starting in late June for Proposed LCDs approved on or after 1/1/2022 for display on the MCD.