This collection is new. CED is a
paradigm whereby Medicare covers items and services on the
condition that they are furnished in the context of approved
clinical studies or with the collection of additional clinical
data. In making coverage decisions involving CED, CMS decides after
a formal review of the medical literature to cover an item or
service only in the context of an approved clinical study or when
additional clinical data are collected to assess the
appropriateness of an item or service for use with a particular
beneficiary. The legal basis of CED comes from Section1862(a)(1)(E)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y), which states that “in
the case of research conducted pursuant to section 1142, which is
not reasonable and necessary to carry out the purposes of that
section.” CMS uses the information generated from CED for the
following: • Results from studies required under CED inform medical
decision-making and improve patient care. • Data from CED studies
that are published in the medical literature may be used by CMS to
make evidence-based changes to the NCD. • Data generated from CED
required registries are used by researchers to advance the field
specific to the NCD. While the intent of these CED NCDs was to
monitor the appropriateness of use of these items and services, we
recognized that the data could also be used to generate useful
clinical evidence. More recent NCDs have tended to rely on section
1862(a)(1)(E) of the Act, in which CED is used to support clinical
research.
US Code:
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USC 1395y Name of Law: Social Security Act: Exclusions from
Coverage and Medicare as Secondary Payer
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.