Right Scan Right Time Hosts Successful Patient Fly-In Advocating for Increased Access to AI Cancer Screenings

In July, five patient leaders traveled to Capitol Hill to share their personal stories and speak to their lawmakers about the need to expand access to artificial intelligence technologies for medical imaging.

The patient constituents were welcomed into 16 lawmaker offices from 5 different states, where they discussed the potential for AI imaging technologies and advocated for increased access to these innovations. The advocates described how the lack of Medicare reimbursements for most AI medical imaging technologies prevents patients from benefitting from diagnostic AI. A few advocates even shared that they previously had misinterpreted scans, which may have been prevented if today’s AI technologies had been available to their care teams. Advocates urged their lawmakers to work with Medicare to promote patient access and establish a formalized payment pathway for these revolutionary technologies.

Through personal testimonies and bringing together the unique perspectives of cancer survivors and advocates, RSRT’s fly-in not only enabled legislators to hear real-life stories from their constituents but also helped formulate ongoing collaboration among policymakers and patients.

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