US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 32, § 400.1
Coverage Requirements
Effective for services performed on or after August 7, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
covers autologous treatment for cancer with T-cells expressing at least one CAR when administered at healthcare
facilities enrolled in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS) and
used for a medically accepted indication as defined at Social Security Act (the Act) section 1861(t)(2), i.e., is used for
either an FDA-approved indication (according to the FDA-approved label for that product), or for other uses when the
product has been FDA-approved and the use is supported in one or more CMS-approved compendia. See Publication
100-03, National Coverage Determination (NCD) Manual 110.24 for complete coverage criteria. See the following
websites for specific REMS facility information:
Kymriah® https://www.us.kymriah.com/treatment-center-locator
Yescarta® https://www.yescarta.com/find-a-treatment-center
Tecartus™ https://www.tecartus.com/hcp/treatment-center-locator
Breyanzi® https://www.celltherapy360.com/locations
ABECMA® https://www.celltherapy360.com/locations
CARVYKTI™ https://www.carvyktihcp.com/treatment-centers
NOTE: The use of allogenic T-cells from healthy donors are not autologous CAR T-cell treatments and shall not be
billed as autologous CAR T-cell treatments.
History
(Rev. 11721; Issued: 11-28-22; Effective: 01-01-23; Implementation: 01-03-23)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
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