CMS Updates Medicare Coverage for Certain Lung Cancer Screenings
March 7, 2022The national coverage determination expands coverage for lung cancer screenings conducted with low dose computed tomography (CT) or a CT scan.
Medicare will cover low dose CT scan lung cancer screenings for Medicare beneficiaries who are between 50 and 77 years of age, show no signs of lung cancer, have an extensive tobacco smoking history (20 pack years), are current smokers or smokers who quit within the past 15 years, and receive a provider’s order to undergo this type of screening.