Christy Carlson Romano is fighting her insurance to cover a cancer scan. Here's what to do if you face the same fight.

PET scans can light up tumors in the body and help doctors determine if they are cancerous or benign (noncancerous). The results of a PET scan help guide medical decisions. A PET scan is a type of ...

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Positron emission tomography (PET) scans can detect cancer earlier than other imaging tests. But some types of cancer are harder to detect on a PET scan. In particular, they may miss cancers that ...

Actress Christy Carlson Romano’s struggle to get insurance coverage for a PET scan after a concerning cancer screening has drawn attention to widespread prior authorization denials. Industry data ...

WASHINGTON DC - JUNE 20, 2023 Jay Reinstein, who suffers from Alzheimer's, prepares to receive a PET scan at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chávez ...

High-deductible plan and insurance denied your scan? Here’s what Romano’s story reveals about your 2026 appeal rights.

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New research finds that C₂N Diagnostics, LLC’s proprietary algorithm used in its PrecivityAD2 blood test, which is used by healthcare providers to determine Alzheimer’s ...

A new study by investigators at Mass General Brigham has found that a blood test of plasma phosphorylated tau 217 (pTau217), an Alzheimer's disease biomarker, can predict the progression of amyloid ...