Medicare Contractor WPS Incorporates ASCRS/AAO Recommendations on Proposed Local Coverage Determination for Cataract Surgery
Date: September 9, 2024
Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) released its final version of the LCD.
In this edition, WPS brings the proposed LCD closer to current practice trends in same-day bilateral cataract surgery, also known as immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS).
WPS removed the limitations on same-day bilateral cataract surgery in the original proposal, stating they agree, “that same-day bilateral surgery has potential patient benefits, based on individual preferences as outlined in the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Preferred Practice Pattern (PPP) on Cataract in the Adult Eye (2021). As a result, WPS has eliminated the second eye surgery limitation.”
The LCD will be effective as of October 13, 2024.
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