Introduction
Use this report to view recent activity for National Coverage documents. See what's new for National Coverage Determinations (NCDs), National Coverage Analyses (NCAs), Coding Analyses for Labs (CALs), Medicare Coverage Documents (MCDs), Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee Meetings (MEDCACs) and Technology Assessments (TAs). Anytime new National Coverage documents are added or existing National Coverage documents are updated, links to those new documents or changes are included in this report.
Learn more about the various document types found in the MCD
Getting to know the Report
This report contains the documents that were updated during the selected time period. By default, only documents updated during the past 30 days are included.
The columns in this report include:
- Last Updated: The date the document was updated
- Type: The document type
- Title: The title of the document
- ID: The ID of the document
- What's New: A brief description of the change(s)
Filtering Your Report
You can filter your report using the two criteria in the upper left. Changing the filters will immediately update your report.
Document Type
Choose from a list of National Coverage document types. Only the selected document types will be included. By default, all National Coverage document types are included in the report.
Timeframe
Choose a timeframe to limit your report. Only documents updated during the selected timeframe will be included. By default, only documents updated during the last 30 days will be included.
Sorting Your Report
You can sort your report by using the Sort By feature in the upper right. Changing the sort will immediately update your report.
Opening Documents
You can open a document by selecting the link in the Last Updated column.
Adding Documents to the Basket
You can add documents to the basket by selecting the basket icon associated with the document of interest. Adding documents to the basket will allow you to reference the documents at a later time. Selecting the basket icon in the table's header row will add all the documents in the table to the basket. However, this feature is disabled if there are more than 50 documents in the table.
To see the items in your basket, select the basket icon in the navbar.
Printing a Document to PDF
There are multiple ways to create a PDF of a document that you are currently viewing. You can use your browser's Print function (Ctrl-P on a PC or Command-P on a Mac) to view a print preview and then select PDF as the output. Another option is to use the Download button at the top right of the document view pages (for certain document types).
Additional Features
At the bottom of the report, you will find additional helpful features:
- Report Run Date: The date you ran the report
- Selected Criteria: This is the criteria used to run the report
- Submit Feedback/Ask a Question: Use this feature to contact CMS
- Download to Excel: Use this feature to download all of the report data to an Excel file
