Becker's Healthcare January 3, 2025
Claire Wallace

Beginning Jan. 1, patients in four states now have full insurance coverage for their colonoscopy procedures.

In Nebraska, a law went into effect requiring insurance companies to cover every part of colorectal cancer screenings. The new law requires insurance companies to cover the removal of polyps, any pathology examination of a polyp biopsy, required specialist consultation prior to the screening, bowel preparation medications prescribed for the screening and anesthesia services performed in connection with the preventive colonoscopy.

In Illinois, all insured residents now have free access to all colonoscopies...

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