Aug 14, 2015
Services Furnished in Hospitals to Inpatients Imaging services provided under arrangement are billed under Part A to Medicare Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs) and A/B MACs, using revenue codes. Payment for physician’s imaging services to the hospital, for example,...
Feb 10, 2011
Coverage for PET Scans for Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases Effective for dates of service on or after September 15, 2004, Medicare will cover FDG PET scans for a differential diagnosis of fronto-temporal dementia (FTD) and Alzheimer’s disease OR; its use...
Dec 3, 2010
Coverage of PET Scans for PET Scan for Thyroid Cancer For services furnished on or after October 1, 2003, Medicare covers the use of FDG PET for thyroid cancer only for restaging of recurrent or residual thyroid cancers of follicular cell origin that have previously...
Aug 4, 2010
Acceptable HCPCS codes for radiology and other diagnostic services are taken primarily from the Procedure-4 portion of HCPCS. Payment is the lower of the charge or the Medicare physician fee schedule amount. Deductible and coinsurance apply, and coinsurance is based...