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ATS Sends Letter to CMS on Medicare Lung Cancer Screening

October 2014

The ATS partnered with the American College of Radiology, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Cancer Action Network and Lung Cancer Alliance and over 30 other organizations in a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services outlining our position on how to structure a Medicare lung cancer screening benefit. The letter touches on several important aspects of a national coverage policy for lung cancer screening including the appropriate patient population, quality controls, reporting systems, screening reporting systems and management of patients with a positive lung cancer screening finding.

CMS is expected to release a proposed decision memo regarding lung cancer screening in November. The ATS will continue to monitor CMS's coverage process of lung cancer screening.

Last Reviewed: October 2017