Medicarequality assessmentscreeningObjectiveTo develop and validate Medicare claims-based approaches for identifying abnormal screening mammography interpretation.Data SourcesMammography data and linked Medicare claims for 387,709 mammograms performed from 1999 to 2005 within the Breast Cancer Surveillance ...
Seventeen years have passed since the FDA approved the use of CAD in screening mammography, and 14 years have passed since Congress mandated Medicare coverage of CAD. Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine stated that more information on CAD applied to mammography was needed before making ...
The USPSTF again finds that the evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of supplemental screening for breast cancer using breast ultrasonography or MRI in women identified to have dense breasts on an otherwise negative screening mammogram and the balance of benefits and ...
Of women receiving their initial screening mammogram through the Program in 2000–2004, 2.4% were under 40 years of age; 28.0% were 40–49 years old; 66.4% were between the ages of 50 and 64; and 3.2% were over 64 years of age. Fifty-two percent of the women were non-Hispanic ...
Screening tests help find diseases early, before you have any symptoms. This is when diseases are easier to treat. You can get many of these tests in your doctor's office. Other tests need special equipment. Here are screening tests you need from ages 40 to 65. The guidelines below come...
"The study also showed that the gap between the most and least affluent in mammography narrowed after the ACA," Dr Cooper toldMedscape Medical News. He noted that although their study focused on Medicare recipients, "I would imagine that similar findings would be seen in privately insured indiv...
Women who reported having had a mammogram during the prior 2 years or a Pap test during the prior 3 years as part of a routine exam were classified as having had a mammogram or Pap test respectively [6]. Respondents were asked if they had seen or talked to a general practice, ...
Women who reported having had a mammogram during the prior 2 years or a Pap test during the prior 3 years as part of a routine exam were classified as having had a mammogram or Pap test respectively [6]. Respondents were asked if they had seen or talked to a general practice, ...
(2001) Targeted mailed materials and the Medicare beneficiary: increasing mammogram screening among the elderly. Am J Public Health 91:55-61 Lane, D S; Zapka, J; Breen, N et al. (2000) A systems model of clinical preventive care: the case of breast cancer screening among older women....
It involves data from nearly 88,000 people with private insurance or Medicare coverage who had a stool-based test. In all, 16% of them went on to have a colonoscopy. During that colonoscopy, nearly 60% of the group had at least one polyp removed, because it might be cancerous ...