Transcript: Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease that affects hemoglobin, the oxygen transport molecule in the blood. The disease gets its name from to the shape of the red blood cells under certain conditions.
â¢ The MDS completion date (Item Z0500B) must be no later than 14 days from the ARD (i.e., ARD + 14 calendar days) and no later than 14 days after the determination that the criteria for a SCSA were met.
Document Update Schedule. Local Coverage Documents (LCDs and Articles) move from the CMS Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) to the MCD Archive in real-time, according to the following schedule: Proposed/Draft LCDs move to the MCD Archive 90 days after being released to the final LCD. Retired LCDs and Articles move to the MCD Archive 1 year after their retirement dates. Superseded versions of active LCDs and Articles move to the MCD Archive after 1 year. All LMRPs reside on the MCD Archive.