Many in the imaging community were thrilled with the decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to extend coverage of annual low-dose CT screening to Medicare beneficiaries at high risk for lung cancer, but now the work of educating patients and primary care physicians begins.

American College of Radiology (ACR) resources can help radiology professionals safely and effectively provide, and receive payment for CT lung cancer screening. Demand for this care will grow quickly now that Medicare has proposed to cover high-risk seniors for these lifesaving exams.

In a long-awaited decision, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a draft proposal that extended coverage of annual low-dose CT screening to Medicare beneficiaries at high risk for lung cancer.

Utilizing ultrasound technology during removal of cancerous kidney segments has been shown to increase the chance of detecting findings not seen during preoperative imaging, according to a study published online this month in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

A pair of editorials published online this week in JAMA Internal Medicine took another look at the evidence and issues facing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as it prepares to make a final decision on coverage for low-dose CT screening for lung cancer. Coming from both sides of the issue, the articles offer a set of closing arguments, in a sense, to the ongoing coverage debate.

Using preoperative MRI to direct intraoperative frozen-section (IFS) analysis during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy significantly reduced the rate of surgical margins that were positive for cancer, according to a study published online ahead of print in Radiology.

As the healthcare community awaits the decision from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on whether low-dose CT screening for lung cancer will be covered for Medicare beneficiaries, two editorials published in the Sept. 24 issue of JAMA recommended ways to cautiously move forward with screening.

More than 60 patient advocacy and medical organizations have joined a coalition headed by the Lung Cancer Alliance, the American College of Radiology and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, in urging Medicare to cover low dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for beneficiaries at high risk for lung cancer.