Social Security, Medicare Bill Would Speed Up Benefits for Cancer Patients
Current law mandates patients with metastatic breast cancer must wait five months before earning any SSDI benefits.
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Tillis, Peters introduce bill to safeguard access to high quality cancer care
Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value-Based Program Act ...
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Hospitals face new Medicare rules on CT scan safety
Under new federal rules, doctors and imaging centers have to more closely track and report the doses of radiation that ...
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Does Medicare cover chemotherapy?
Medicare covers prescribed chemotherapy drugs. How and where a person receives chemotherapy helps determine which Medicare part provides the coverage. When a person receives a cancer diagnosis ...
Medicare To Reimburse Guardant Health's Shield Colorectal Cancer Test, Analyst Expects $10M In Revenue
CMS approves ADLT status for Guardant Health's Shield test, setting Medicare reimbursement at $1,495. The analyst sees a ...
Common Medical Scan ‘Routinely’ Delivers Excess Radiation, May Cause 36,000 Cases of Cancer a Year
CT scans ‘routinely’ deliver up to three times the radiation they should, which can lead to 36,000 cases of cancer a year.
Bill Aims To Expand Breast Cancer Screening To Over 800,000 Americans
Advocates argue that out-of-pocket costs for additional imaging, such as MRIs or diagnostic mammograms, deter patients from seeking necessary follow-up exams.
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New Medicare Rules Aim to Cut Radiation Exposure From CT Scans
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the new requirements to improve consistency in CT scan ...
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Analysis of telehealth’s impact shows ‘modestly lower’ use of certain low-value tests
Health care systems that adopted a higher volume of telehealth services less frequently used several low-value screening and ...