We then excluded beneficiaries with any mammogram (CPT codes 77055, 77056, 77057, 77065, 77066, 77077 or HCPCS codes G0202, G0204, G0206) in the 11 months before the index mammography. For lung cancer screening, outcomes were receipt of LDCT (CPT codes G0297, S8032, 71271) in enrollees...
“If you went for a mammogram screening in January and everything was clear, but you find a lump 10 months later and you need more screening, the coding would have to be different from the annual mammogram screening. If it wasn’t, your claim may have been denied, even though the proce...
Just some of my fan mail. The flood of mail started around September and hasn’t let up yet. I will turn 65 – the magical age for Medicare – in January and I’ve received at least two… or three… or more letters, brochures, and flyers a day begging me
Approximately 10% of women who lived in the lowest quartile region received at least 1 digital screening mammogram, increasing to 13.9%, 16.9%, and 20.2% in the second, third, and fourth quartiles of screening-related costs, respectively (P < .001). There was a 2-fold difference in the...
At study exit, 57.0% of women in the experimental arm and 36.4% of controls had had a Papanicolaou test in the past 24 months (P = .001), 61.7% of women in the experimental arm and 42.4% of controls had had a mammogram in the past 12 months (P = .003), 54.4% ...
At study exit, 57.0% of women in the experimental arm and 36.4% of controls had had a Papanicolaou test in the past 24 months (P =.001), 61.7% of women in the experimental arm and 42.4% of controls had had a mammogram in the past 12 months (P =.003), 54.4% of men in the ...