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.
tax burden (tÃ¦ks ËbÉËdÉn) noun. tax. the amount of tax paid by a person, company, or country in a specified period considered as a proportion of total income in that period. Multinationals can also shift profits to reduce their total tax burden; they can show larger profits in countries with lower tax rates.