Help & Resources

• How To - Use the Medicare Coverage Database
• How To - Search (PDF, 1,900 KB, 06/02/2022)
• How To - Reports (PDF, 1,171 KB, 08/29/2024)
• How To - Downloads (PDF, 1,087 KB, 06/24/2021)
• How To - Create Links to the MCD (PDF, 104 KB, 01/06/2022)
• How To - MCD Tool Tips (PDF, 144 KB, 07/07/2022)

• MCD Archive
• Medicare.gov
• Medicare Coverage Center
• Medicare Coverage General Information
• Internet-Only Manuals (IOMs)
• MLN Matters® Articles

The MCD is primarily intended for contractors, providers, and other healthcare industry professionals. However, Medicare beneficiaries, family members, and caregivers may find it helpful if they wish to access specific Medicare Coverage policies. For the latest general information on Medicare enrollment, benefits, and other helpful tools, people with Medicare, family members, and caregivers should visit Medicare.gov, the official U.S. Government site for Medicare.

• Medicare Program Integrity Manual, Chapter 13 - Local Coverage Determinations
• Local Coverage Determinations
• LCD Challenges (PDF, 105 KB, 11/14/2019)
• Medicare Administrative Contractor Information
• Medicare Contractor Map
• Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Related to Self-Administered Drugs
• HCPCS Release & Code Sets

Local coverage documents (LCDs and Articles) move from the MCD to the MCD Archive according to the following schedule. National coverage documents stay in the MCD and do not move to the MCD Archive.

The MCD Data Schedule indicates when National and Local coverage documents were last captured and when that data appears on the MCD. Local Coverage Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have until 11:59 pm ET on Sunday evenings to approve Article and LCD updates for MCD display. Approved document versions are posted to the MCD on the following Thursday. National Coverage document changes are posted to the MCD in real time and the Downloads are refreshed weekly.