Medicare Lifts Its Coverage Limit On Alzheimer’s Disease PET Scans

BSIP/Universal Imaging Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images A decision memorandum from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid issued last month lifts restrictions on coverage of Alzheimer’s disease diagnoses that measure beta-amyloid plaque in the brain. Excessive levels of plaque are considered an indicator of the presence of Alzheimer’s disease. Facilitating … Read more