Merk & Co. paid the largest amount to the specialty between 2017-2021, followed by Hologic and Pfizer, researchers wrote recently.  

Among Medicare beneficiaries, there was a marked drop in the delivery of percutaneous renal artery angioplasty, used to treat a narrowed artery, between 2010 and 2018.

CMS intends to soon propose a new national coverage determination that would loosen restrictions around PET payment, according to a report published Monday. 

H.R. 4286 also would expand coverage for tobacco cessation in the federal payment program, including counseling and medication-assisted treatment. 

Radiology Business Management Association President Kit Crancer discusses the current coverage landscape for women's imaging and one promising national development. 

"Since several states are shifting toward granting NPPs more autonomy, this is something worth watching," the study's author told Radiology Business. 

About 1 in 8 were discovered to have marketing materials that made claims differing from their premarket approval. 

Icometrix said the current procedural terminology code covers its FDA-cleared quantification software, “creating a path to reimbursement.”