CMS Coverage of PET: Final Decision

H Cannon - The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2009 - search.proquest.com
CMS expanded coverage for the use of PET for the initial treatment strategy (formerly
diagnosis and initial staging) evaluation of patients with cancer to nearly all cancer types …

CMS Releases Draft Decision for Oncologic PET

H Cannon - The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2009 - search.proquest.com
CMS Releases Draft Decision for Oncologic PET CMS Releases Draft Decision for Oncologic
PET Abstract [...] the draft decision does not clearly state what will happen to the current …

CMS and PET for Solid Tumors

H Cannon - The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2008 - search.proquest.com
Abstract On October 17 SNM, the American College of Radiology (ACR), the Academy of
Molecular Imaging, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, and the …

Implications of the recent CMS PET coverage decision:[the expanded CMS coverage] is a major milestone for cancer patients who historically had limited access to …

J Czernin - Applied Radiology, 2009 - go.gale.com
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) scanners using the
radioisotope 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) have been used with increasing frequency and …

HCFA expands Medicare coverage of PET

D Kotz - The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 1999 - search.proquest.com
In a welcome bit of news for nuclear physicians, the Health Care Financing Administration
(HCFA) announced on March 8 that it would cover additional uses of PET scans to diagnose …

The PET/CT report: the most important part of the study

MM Graham - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the nuclear medicine community to
develop and implement the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) was a major step …

PET and PET-CT in Oncology

EE Kim - 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
The intent of the editors and 60 coauthors was to give an overview of the present technical
state of the art of PET and PET/CT that can apply to medical oncology for combining biologic …

2001: A wonderful year of growth for PET

RE Coleman - The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2002 - search.proquest.com
PET is having an increasingly important role in the practice of nuclear medicine. At Duke
University Medical Center, for example, PET now accounts for 38% of the billed revenue …

The National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR): design and analysis plan

BE Hillner, D Liu, RE Coleman, AF Shields… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2007 - Soc Nuclear Med
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided a mechanism for
expanded coverage of selected promising technologies under its “coverage with evidence …

Impact of 18F-FDG PET used after initial treatment of cancer: comparison of the National Oncologic PET Registry 2006 and 2009 cohorts

BE Hillner, BA Siegel, L Hanna… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2012 - Soc Nuclear Med
Since 2006, the National Oncologic PET Registry has collected prospective data on 18F-
FDG PET performed for cancer indications in Medicare beneficiaries under the coverage …