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SNMMI Seeks to Change Aetna's PET Coverage Policy

SNMMI has sent letters to Aetna requesting that it reconsider and change its PET Coverage Policy for Dotatate and Fluciclovine. Aetna's updated coverage policy maintains its blanket non-coverage for both Dotatate and Fluciclovine, which is inconsistent with FDA approvals and expert guidelines.

DaT SPECT Video Shows Patients What to Expect

Dopamine transporter (DaT) imaging, with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), is used to diagnose Parkinson’s disease. To help patients who are scheduled for a DaT SPECT procedure, SNMMI’s Brain Imaging Outreach Working Group created a video that takes the patient through what happens at each step.

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  • April 18, 2018 — DaT SPECT Video Shows Patients What to Expect
    Dopamine transporter (DaT) imaging, with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), is used to diagnose Parkinson’s disease. To help patients who are scheduled for a DaT SPECT procedure, SNMMI’s Brain Imaging Outreach Working Group created a video that takes the patient through what happens at each step. (SNMMI News)
  • April 18, 2018 — SNMMI Seeks to Change Aetna's PET Coverage Policy
    On March 30, 2018, Aetna issued a revised PET coverage policy that failed to cover Dotatate and Fluciclovine. SNMMI requests that it change these policies. (Government Relations News)
  • April 11, 2018 — Aria Razmaria, MD, Awarded 2018 Henkin Fellowship
    SNMMI and the Education and Research Foundation for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging are pleased to announce that Aria Razmaria, MD, has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Robert E. Henkin Government Relations Fellowship. (Government Relations News)
  • April 6, 2018 — PET Tracer Could Help Predict Treatment Effectiveness for Depression
    A PET imaging agent could show, ahead of time, whether a specific treatment is likely to be effective for major depressive disorder—a debilitating condition that affects more than 14 million Americans. No such marker is currently available in clinical psychiatry. The study is featured in the April issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. (Press Releases)
  • April 2, 2018 — Novel PET Imaging Agent Could Help Guide Therapy for Brain Diseases
    Researchers have developed a new PET imaging agent that could help guide and assess treatments for people with various neurological diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis. The agent targets receptors in nerve cells in the brain that are involved in learning and memory. The study is featured in the April issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. (Press Releases)
  • April 1, 2018 — This Month in JNM
    The April 2018 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine is now available. Read about new PET tracers—one that could help guide therapy for brain diseases and another that could help predict treatment effectiveness for depression, PET/CT in local ablative therapies, challenges in nuclear endocrinology and more! (SNMMI News)
  • March 31, 2018 — Happy Birthday RAI!
    On this day in 1941, Dr. Saul Hertz administered the very first radioactive iodine therapy to a patient with Graves' Disease. This pivotal treatment was the index case for what we today know as radioactive iodine therapy for hyperthyroidism, and it validated the concept that is now known as theranostics. (SNMMI News)
  • March 27, 2018 — Medicare Jurisdiction J Transition from Cahaba to Palmetto GBA
    On February 23, 2018, Palmetto GBA officially transitioned all Part A and Part B Jurisdiction J providers. SNMMI has concerns about the rate differences with the new policy. (Government Relations News)

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