The Center for Medicare and Medicai...

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that Medicare has expanded its coverage for positron emission tomography (PET) scanning to include patients with suspected Alzheimer's disease. Patients at risk for Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia who proper specific criteria are eligible for enrollment in a peer-reviewed clinical trial to receive a fondling scan. CMS will continue to review evidence about the benefits of these scans in additional populations. The CM decision summary and memo are available online at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mcd/viewdecisionmemo.asp?id=104.

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