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ATS Submit Comments to CMS on CT Lung Cancer Screening

March 2014

The ATS submitted comments this week in response to CMS's call for public input during the Notice of Coverage Determination process for CT lung cancer screening. CMS often uses the Notice of Coverage Determination process to make new additions to Medicare covered services. CMS initiated the Notice of Coverage Determination process in response to the U.S. Preventative Services Taskforce recommendation that gave a B grade to CT Lung Cancer screening.

The ATS comments strongly recommend that CMS move forward with a policy to add low dose CT lung cancer screening as a covered Medicare service. The ATS commented on the existing research studies that support this preventative service, commented on which patients this service is appropriate for (and which patients it is not appropriate for) and discussed the likely impacts of false positive findings on Medicare beneficiaries.

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