According to Medicare's National Coverage Determination (NCD) policy, specifically, NCD 110.6 (Scalp Hypothermia During Chemotherapy to Prevent Hair Loss), the scalp cooling cap itself is classified as an incident to supply to a physician service, and would not be paid under the OPPS
There is minimal to no downtime with this all-natural, outpatient procedure, and the ALMI process takes less than 45 minutes
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Subsequent DAC reports, however, do not show significant, successful small business inclusion in these programs
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