New Medicare Coverage for Fluoro-Deoxy Glucose PET Scans for Certain Cancers

Summary

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to cover Fluoro-Deoxy Glucose Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans for certain types of cancer under Medicare, subject to certain safeguards for patients, following a review of the evidence and a determination by the Secretary that these scans are no longer experimental.