NCDs (National Coverage Determinations) and LCDs (Local Coverage Determinations) are. decisions by Medicare and their administrative contractors that provide coverage information. and determine whether services are reasonable and necessary on certain services offered by. participating providers.
A tax (from the Latin taxo) is a financial charge or other levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a state or the functional equivalent of a state to fund various public expenditures. A failure to pay, or evasion of or resistance to taxation, is usually punishable by law.
A tax is a compulsory monetary contribution imposed by governments to pay for governmental activities. Common taxes include income, sales and value-based taxes. A property tax is assessed according to the value of prop-erty a taxpayer owns. Because property taxes depend on value, they are called ad valorem, meaning