NCDs (National Coverage Determinations) and LCDs (Local Coverage Determinations) are. decisions by Medicare and their administrative contractors that provide coverage information. and determine whether services are reasonable and necessary on certain services offered by. participating providers.
A tax (from the Latin taxo) is a financial charge or other levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a state or the functional equivalent of a state to fund various public expenditures. A failure to pay, or evasion of or resistance to taxation, is usually punishable by law.
uk â us â ECONOMICS, TAX. âº the total amount of tax paid by a particular group of people, an industry, etc., especially as compared to what other groups, industries, etc. pay: business/corporate/property tax burden There are growing protests from the corporate sector that the business tax burden in Britain is rising.