Medicare Panel Finds Little Support For Amyloid PET Imaging Changes

MedCAC panel has limited confidence that there is enough evidence to show beta amyloid positron emission tomography imaging of the brain changes health outcomes. The vote does not bode well for the technology’s coverage proposal due in July.

A Medicare advisory panel could not find adequate evidence to conclude that beta amyloid positron emission tomography imaging of brain beta amyloid changes health outcomes in patients who display early symptoms or signs of cognitive dysfunction.

CMS convened the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee at its Baltimore headquarters on Jan. 30 to review the...

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