Radiology Business July 10, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday proposed paying for CT-based colon cancer screening, drawing praise from the radiology community.
CMS issued its decision as part of the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule. The American College of Radiology has lobbied for this policy change since at least 2008, labeling CTC as a solid alternative to a colonoscopy.
“ACR applauds this proposal as a big step forward toward providing Medicare patients access to a minimally invasive CRC screening tool that can detect precancerous polyps and does not require anesthesia,” the college said in a statement issued Wednesday morning.
Medicare reimbursement for a “virtual colonoscopy” would total about $106.30. However, this would only be for the hospital’s...
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