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.
This medical test may cause cancer due to ‘unfathomable’ mistake — and it’s performed 93M times a year in the US
Researchers warn that radiation from the machines can increase cancer risk. New Medicare rules aim to make these imaging ...
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 ...
Guardant Health rises after Medicare ADLT status for colorectal cancer test
Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) traded higher in the morning hours on Tuesday after the company announced that the U.S. Centers ...
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Louisiana physician charged for alleged role in $6.6 Medicare fraud scheme
A physician from Slidell, La., was charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to bill Medicare for unnecessary cancer genetic tests.
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Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more.
Unnecessarily high radiation doses in scans have been linked to cancers. Under new federal rules, doctors and imaging centers ...
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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 ...
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New Medicare Rules Aim to Cut Radiation Exposure From CT Scans
Hospitals and imaging centers are now required to track and report radiation exposure from CT scans under new Medicar ...
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.
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Medicare Now Covers Less Invasive Colorectal Cancer Tests
Colorectal cancer care groups, minority healthcare advocates and doctors have long held that virtual colonoscopy, or CT ...
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.