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

Imaging Technology

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. This win is truly a community achievement,” said Cutler. “We

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New guidelines cover theranostics for brain tumors

AuntMinnie

The article was published October 10 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. These SSTRs can be targeted both with gallium-68 (Ga-68) imaging agents and therapeutic lutetium-177 (Lu-177) radiopharmaceuticals using a so-called theranostics approach. healthcare setting, they wrote. The full article is available here.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 3 -- What is a theranostics center?

AuntMinnie

With therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals coming to market quickly and available to smaller institutions around the U.S., My vision of a theranostic center includes a flagship facility that has a PET/CT scanner, a SPECT/CT scanner, and then multiple rooms for infusions of radiopharmaceuticals," Siegel explained.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

AuntMinnie

Louis, MO A first-time Minnies finalist, Dmitry Beyder exemplifies how the role of the nuclear medicine technologist can evolve. Beyder played a key role in launching the radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) comprehensive center of excellence at WU, BJH, and Siteman Cancer Center last year. Dmitry Beyder.

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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

AuntMinnie

Beyder played a key role in launching the radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) comprehensive center of excellence at WU, BJH, and Siteman Cancer Center last year. Looking back, he said a family promise led him into healthcare, and whether intentional about it or not, he's been ambitious to better healthcare since coming to the U.S.

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First Ever Investigational 18F-CD8 PET Radiopharmaceutical Aims to Predict and Monitor Early Response to Cancer Immunotherapies

Imaging Technology

The clinical trial will use this investigational radiopharmaceutical to help understand if patients have CD8+ T cells in their tumors and will, therefore, be more likely to respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors, the main class of immunotherapies currently approved for use.

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SNMMI taps Urbain as president-elect

AuntMinnie

Jean-Luc Urbain, MD, PhD, has been named president-elect of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). Urbain, a professor of radiology and nuclear medicine, has served in multiple roles within SNMMI, in addition to his most recent post as vice president-elect. Jean-Luc Urbain, MD, PhD. “As