HCFA Expanded PET Imaging Coverage Limited To High-Performance Scanners
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Health Care Financing Administration's expanded Medicare coverage decision Dec. 15 for positron emission tomography (PET) scans will be limited to selected high-performance PET scanners.
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