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An NCD is mandated at the national level and all FIs, Carriers, and Medicare Administrative. Contractors (MACs) follow those guidelines. An LCD is mandated at the MAC level and those. guidelines are only applicable to that MACâs jurisdiction. Medicare contractors develop LCDs when there is no National Coverage Determination (NCD) or when there is a need to further define an NCD. The guidelines for LCD development are provided in . Chapter 13 of the Medicare Program Integrity Manual.
Medicare Part D was created by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. It makes prescription drug coverage available to all individuals with Medicare coverage. Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans, also known as âPDPs,â are stand-alone prescription drug plans that are sold by private insurance companies with a Medicare contract.