CMS alters PET policy for treatment planning
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has changed its reimbursement policy, which previously called for payment for only one PET scan for treatment planning in patients with solid tumors and myeloma.
In a decision memo posted August 4, CMS said that it received a request in April 2009 to reconsider its national coverage determination (NCD) regarding the use of PET for planning treatment of patients with solid tumors and myeloma. The NCD stipulated that CMS would pay for only one FDG-PET scan for determining tumor location or planning therapy.
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