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Nuclear cardiology could face cuts in 2025

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Nuclear cardiologists could see significant reductions in Medicare reimbursements in 2025, according to a leading expert. million coronary artery disease procedures per year. Despite a proposal by the U.S. We would see a drop of approximately 3% in the reimbursement per SPECT study performed,” he said.

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CMS Adjusts Nuclear Medicine Reimbursement Policy, Expanding Access to Life-Saving Scans

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Under the new policy, CMS will unpackage and pay separately for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals with per-day costs exceeding $630, removing financial barriers that have long hindered patient access to essential nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures. tim.hodson Thu, 11/07/2024 - 11:25 Nov.

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CMS proposes new coverage for PET imaging agents

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new reimbursement plan July 10 for diagnostic PET scans that would provide separate payments for radiopharmaceuticals, as well as an extra payment for hospitals when they use domestically produced technetium-99m (Tc-99m).

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NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and Curadh MTR Enter Strategic Collaboration Agreement for Development and Production of Actinium-225 (Ac-225)-based Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals for Treatment of Primary and Metastatic Solid Tumors

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milla1cf Fri, 01/05/2024 - 11:32 January 5, 2024 — NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC , a global innovator in development, production and commercialization of radiopharmaceuticals used to detect and treat cancer and other serious diseases, and Curadh MTR Inc. Chief Executive Officer of NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes.

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New CMS plan adds Medicare coverage of PET imaging agents

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new reimbursement plan July 10 for diagnostic PET scans that would provide separate payments for radiopharmaceuticals, as well as an extra payment for hospitals when they use domestically produced technetium-99m (Tc-99m).

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Lantheus Acquires Global Rights to Life Molecular Imaging’s Novel Therapeutic and Diagnostic Pair Targeting GRPR for Prostate and Breast Cancers

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Lantheus intends to begin a Phase 1/2a study with 177Lu-DOTA-RM2 in prostate cancer patients in 2025. mtaschetta-millane Fri, 07/05/2024 - 06:00 July 5, 2024 — Lantheus Holdings, Inc. , 68Ga-DOTA-RM2 will be used as a companion diagnostic.

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Blue Earth Therapeutics Reports Promising Phase 1 Data for Investigational Therapies

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We also expect to see the full Phase 1 results presented at a scientific meeting in 2025." "The Front loading radioactivity and extending the time on therapy may lengthen time to disease progression. The available science increasingly highlights that fixed dosing at fixed intervals is unlikely to be optimal. 1 Ells, Zachary, et al.