More Unacceptable Denials: Now It’s PSMA-Targeted PET/CT Imaging

Johannes Czernin; Thaiza Adams; Jeremie Calais

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More Unacceptable Denials: Now It’s PSMA-Targeted PET/CT Imaging

Johannes Czernin, Thaiza Adams and Jeremie Calais

Journal of Nuclear Medicine July 2022, 63 (7) 969-970; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.121.264374

Johannes Czernin

1David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California; and

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Thaiza Adams

1David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California; and

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Jeremie Calais

2Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California

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PSMA PET/CT Denials by Insurance from September 2021 to March 2022

Insurance company	Patients (n)	Denials		Authorization (n)
Insurance company	Patients (n)	n	%	Authorization (n)
Anthem Blue Cross	133	39	29.3	94
United Healthcare	54	27	50.0	27
Cigna	20	11	55.0	9
Blue Shield	60	15	25.0	45
Aetna	26	13	50.0	13
HealthNet	7	1	14.3	6
SCAN	5	5	100.0	0
Other	32	5	15.6	27
Total	337	116	34.4	221

Data obtained at UCLA, April 2022.

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Johannes Czernin, Thaiza Adams, Jeremie Calais

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