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Medicare Advisory Panel Advises Against Annual Low-dose CT Screen
An advisory panel to the CMS voted against recommending an annual low-dose CT scan for high-risk individuals citing no benefit over the harm of false-positives.
Annual low-dose CT lung cancer screening for high-risk individuals doesn't have enough evidence for benefit over harms to be covered by Medicare, an advisory panel concluded.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid national coverage determination panel voted a mean 2.2 on a 5.0-point scale for confidence in that regard.
Key concerns were the high false-positive rate of CT screening, indication creep outside of the intended screening population, inability to assure quality scans with low radiation dose, and consistent interpretation and diagnostic workup in routine practice.
“If we don’t do it right now, it’s a genie that won’t be able to be stuffed back in the bottle,”Peter Bach, MD, MAPP, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, who has been a prominent voice of caution in the national discussion, argued at the panel meeting.
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Source: Medpage Today
Exploring Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Care Prior Authorization Decisions
October 24th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the author of a study published in the October 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® that explored prior authorization decisions in cancer care by race and ethnicity for commercially insured patients.
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FDA Approves Danziten for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Without Mealtime Restrictions
November 14th 2024The FDA has granted approval to Azurity Pharmaceuticals' nilotinib tablets (Danziten), a novel version of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor for chronic myeloid leukemia that can be taken without mealtime restrictions.
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Bridging Cancer Care Gaps and Overcoming Medical Mistrust
November 13th 2024In this clip from our interview with Oscar B. Lahoud, MD, cochair of our Institute for Value-Based Medicine® evening hosted with NYU Langone Health, he addressed medical mistrust in underrepresented communities.
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