Medicare/Medicaid

Evidence – Marijuana Effective for Pain Control & Can Limit Opiate Abuse

What if I tell you that there is no good evidence that marijuana does any good for treating glaucoma, anxiety, or Parkinson's disease. Despite this, it is often prescribed to treat these aliments in states that have legalized marijuana. According to a large meta analysis of 79 studies published in Journal of the American Medical [...]

By Malecare|2020-02-04T12:41:22-05:00July 15th, 2016|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Medical Insurance, Medicare, Medicare/Medicaid, Palliative & Pain, Uncategorized|1 Comment

CMS Continues To Limit Coverage For NaF-18 PET Scans For Bone Metastases

There has been a lot of buzz around the new scanning contrasts that have come into limited usage for evaluating metastasized cancer cells that are in the bones. Despite the enthusiasm from the prostate and breast cancer communities, CMS (Medicare) continues to limit its financial coverage for PET scans using the contrast NaF-18 even though [...]

By Malecare|2015-12-18T10:52:23-05:00December 18th, 2015|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Bone Metastases, Clinical Trials & Research, CMS, CTCs,