Eliminating Cost-Sharing Requirements for Colon Cancer Screening in Medicare

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• Alternative Title:
  Cancer
• Personal Author:
  Howard, David H. ; Guy, Gery P. ; Ekwueme, Donatus U.
• Description:
  Medicare beneficiaries do not have to pay for screening colonoscopies but must pay coinsurance if a polyp is removed via polypectomy. Likewise, beneficiaries do not have to pay for fecal occult blood tests but are liable for cost-sharing for diagnostic colonoscopies after a positive test. Legislative and regulatory requirements related to colorectal cancer screening are described, and on the basis of Medicare claims, it is estimated that Medicare spending would increase by $48 million annually if Medicare were to waive cost-sharing requirements for these services. The economic impact on Medicare if beneficiaries were not responsible for any cost-sharing requirements related to colorectal cancer screening services is described.
• Subjects:
  Aged Colonic Neoplasms Colonoscopy Cost Sharing Early Detection Of Cancer Humans Mass Screening Medicare Middle Aged
• Source:
  Cancer. 120(24):3850-3852.
• Pubmed ID:
  25302786
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4593494
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  12IPA1203126/PHS HHS/United States ; CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  120
• Issue:
  24
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a07c99d685700559c1602813c904fbf77fb3e551e3f2940ac15c8b4bfcd62b96
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34753/cdc_34753_DS1.pdf
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