Policies for Medicare coverage vary among local jurisdictions within the Medicare system,[REF] and Medicare coverage for TMS has varied among jurisdictions and with time.
In August 2012, the jurisdiction covering Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico determined that there was insufficient evidence to cover the treatment,[REF] but the same jurisdiction subsequently determined that Medicare would cover TMS for the treatment of depression after December 2013 [REF].