# Medicare Program; Criteria and Procedures for Extending Coverage to Certain Devices and Related Services
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule with comment period. · Published 1995-09-19 · Effective 1995-11-01 · 60 FR 48417
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-23132
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 48417
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 405
- **Publication date:** 1995-09-19
- **Effective date:** 1995-11-01
- **HHS docket:** BPD-841-FC
## Abstract

This final rule establishes in regulations that certain devices with an investigational device exemption (IDE) approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and certain services related to those devices may be covered under Medicare. Specifically, it sets forth the process by which the FDA will assist HCFA in identifying non- experimental investigational devices that are potentially covered under Medicare. This rule responds to the mandate that Federal agencies streamline their regulatory processes to make them less burdensome and more customer-focused. It is intended to provide Medicare beneficiaries with greater access to advances in medical technology and encourage clinical researchers to conduct high quality studies of newer technologies.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/09/19/95-23132/medicare-program-criteria-and-procedures-for-extending-coverage-to-certain-devices-and-related)
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