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URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Medicare Diagnostic Radiopharmaceutical Payment Equity Act of 2019 (H.R. 3772)

Action Requested by November 1, 2019 On October 18, 2019, an opinion piece that NorCal CarciNET Community’s Josh Mailman opinion article (“CMS policy shouldn’t penalize those with rare disease”) was published by The Hill,  The opinion piece highlighted the challenges with…

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NOLA to offer Gallium 68 Scan Study

NEW ORLEANS – Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner and the New Orleans Neuroendocrine Tumor Specialists (NOLANETS) have launched the Gallium 68 Scan Study to test the effectiveness of this diagnostic tool to detect neuroendocrine tumors. Ochsner – Kenner is the…

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