Medicare Coverage Decisions
FDG PET Scans for Cancer Patients
On January 29, 2005, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) issued a national coverage decision (NDC)
that expands coverage for Positron Emission Tomography
(PET) scans for certain uses in the evaluation of patients with
brain, cervical, ovarian, pancreatic, ovarian, and testicular
cancers, as well as for a broad range of other cancers.
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD)
CMS also updated the NDC for ICDs. As of January 27, 2005,
patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) with a documented
prior myocardial infarction (MI); a measured left ventricular
ejection fraction (LVEF) < 0.35;
and inducible, sustained
ventricular tachyarrhythmia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation
(VF) at electrophysiology study (EP) are now covered.
For more information on these and other NDCs, please visit:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/coverage. |