Medicare Panel Finds Little Support For Amyloid PET Imaging Changes
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
MEDCAC panel has low-to-intermediate 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.
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