CMS seeks more PET data
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS officially opens the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) Feb. 10 to collect nationwide data on positron emission tomography. Creation of the registry, formed in conjunction with various professional organizations, is a stipulation of the agency's January 2005 decision to extend Medicare coverage to PET scan procedures for brain, cervical, ovarian, pancreatic, small cell lung, and testicular cancers with the requirement that additional data is collected (1"The Gray Sheet" Jan. 31, 2005, In brief). NOPR is a national, on-line repository of PET scan data from beneficiaries and providers...