Legislation & Regulatory Updates
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05.15.09
CMS Decision Not to Cover Virtual Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening Sparks Heated Debate
Virtual colonoscopy using computed tomography (CT) will not be covered by Medicare as an option for colorectal cancer screening in the United States, according to a final decision from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…
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05.12.09
Medicare Nixes “Virtual Colonoscopies”
Medicare announced Tuesday it will not pay for so-called “virtual colonoscopies.” In 2006, 200,000 of them were performed in the United States. Overall, Americans have more than 14 million colonoscopies…
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04.30.09
Statement on Senate Finance Committee Health Policy Proposals
Washington, D.C. – The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) today commended Chairman Max Baucus and Sen. Chuck Grassley and offered its support for proposed policies regarding medical imaging…
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04.7.09
CMS Expands Coverage for PET Scanning in Cancer Patients
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that they will expand coverage for positron emission tomography (PET) for Medicare beneficiaries…
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04.3.09
CMS Coverage Determination for Positron Emission Tomography for Solid Tumors
CMS was asked to reconsider Section 220.6 of the National Coverage Determination (NCD) Manual to end the prospective data collection requirements across all oncologic indications of FDG PET…
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03.13.09
U.S. Representatives Granger and Kennedy Author Letter to CMS Urging Medicare Coverage of Virtual Colonoscopy
Dear Ms. Frizzera, We respectfully request that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) propose Medicare coverage under a national coverage determination for computed tomography colonography (CTC)…
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03.13.09
U.S. Rep. Danny Davis’ Letter to CMS Urging Medicare Coverage of Virtual Colonoscopy
Dear Ms. Frizzera, We write to express our concern with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s (CMS) recent proposed decision not to cover computed tomography colonography (CTC), also known as virtual colonoscopy, under Medicare’s screening benefit for colorectal cancer…
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02.26.09
Statement on Obama Budget
Washington, D.C. – The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) today said that while the group shares the same health policy goals to provide all Americans with access to affordable, quality health care outlined in President Obama’s federal budget…
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02.25.09
MedPAC Report on Medical Imaging Based on Flawed Survey and Should Be Rejected
Washington, D.C. – The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) today said that MedPAC’s recent recommendation to dramatically change the formula that determines physician reimbursement rates for advanced imaging procedures is based on a deeply flawed survey that should be rejected…
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01.7.09
CMS Proposes to Expand Cancer Patients’ Access to PET Scans
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a national coverage determination (NCD) that would expand coverage for initial diagnostic testing with positron emission tomography (PET) for many seniors undergoing cancer treatment…
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