CMS Unconvinced On PET Scans For Bone Metastasis; CED Data Not Enough
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
While National Oncologic PET Registry data has been effective in persuading CMS to remove evidence-development restrictions from positron emission tomography coverage policies in the past, NOPR data was not enough to support coverage of PET scans to identify bone metastasis in a Dec. 15 national coverage determination.