More importantly, it also had a simple, overriding determination to spread wireless data to the masses, no matter how that would come to pass.

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Forbes spoke with Louis Jacques, the director of the Coverage and Analysis Group at the Medicare center, to learn more about the process, called a National Coverage Assessment, and the decision that will result after a period of public comment and the accrual of scientific data, called a National Coverage Determination.

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But the determination of what constitutes valuable data must often be made in nanoseconds.

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