Drafts & Open Meetings Tracking & Surveillance (DOTS)

If you already have a username and password, click here to immediately begin using DOTS.

Consistently monitoring Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee (CAC) meetings and Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) helps manufacturers better understand the overall Medicare coverage decision-making processes, as well as the opportunities and challenges that a specific product or procedure may face. Until now, conducting this type of surveillance has been a time-intensive and tedious exercise that required checking multiple websites on a daily basis. 

Now, Xcenda’s new DOTS tool offers manufacturers a complimentary, efficient, and user-friendly resource to proactively monitor all Medicare CAC meetings and related LCD information for all 15 Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) jurisdictions. Start using DOTS today and ensure that your team never misses the opportunity to discuss draft LCD revisions with Medicare medical directors and CAC members or to add comments to LCDs during the Open Comments Period.

Use DOTS to stay informed. 

• Find the date, time, and location of Open Medicare CAC meetings
• Access meeting registration links
• Search and sort meeting and draft details at the contractor level, state-specific level, or by draft topic
• Link to draft LCDs, LCDs Under Development, draft LCDs Posted for Comments, and LCD revisions
• Export reports in Excel or PDF format

Complimentary access to DOTS is available for employees of pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device manufacturers. If you have questions, please contact Stephen Wilson via e-mail or by phone at 704.357.3071 x5172.