Medicare Expands Coverage Of PET Scans As Cancer Diagnostic Tool

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final national coverage determination (NCD) to expand coverage for initial testing with positron emission tomography (PET) for Medicare beneficiaries who are diagnosed with and treated for most solid tumor cancers. This NCD removes a clinical study requirement for PET scan use in these patients.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on April 15th, 2009