Medicare has refused to reimburse for imaging-based colon cancer screening, which is leading to an income-based gap for those who can and cannot receive the exam.

Both agencies said their goal is to better reflect how they work to determine a merger's impact on competition in healthcare and other industries. 

The agency is looking to lift the longstanding NCD that restricts patients to one amyloid-detecting positron emission tomography exam in their lifetime.

RoyalVibe Health offers direct-to-consumer scanners purported for multiple medical uses, which have not been reviewed or cleared by the agency.  

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule utilizes 2006 cost information to develop practice expense relative values and resulting reimbursements. 

It’s also the fifth local legislature to do so in 2023, following in the footsteps of Tennessee, Washington, Maryland and New Mexico. 

The window to serve RP with the complaint was slated to expire July 13, with a judge prepared to dismiss the case if the action was not completed

The agency issued its solicitation as part of the recently released 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule.