CMS Proposes To Cover Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening For High-Risk Beneficiaries

By Michelle M. Stein / November 10, 2014 at 8:19 PM
Radiation stakeholders are pleased with CMS' proposed decision, released Monday (Nov. 10), to add lung cancer screening coverage for high-risk seniors, bringing CMS' coverage in line with private health insurance coverage requirements for 2015. Dozens of lawmakers -- including the expected next Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) -- cancer doctors and patients had urged CMS to cover the low-dose computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening, and the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance says that as screenings for high-risk individuals...


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