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Okay, I'm just gonna finish off

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with just some reimbursement for those of you in the US

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who might find this interesting.

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And this is the, um, uh, Medicare reimbursement rate, uh,

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for physicians, which does not include the, uh,

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technical fee, but you can see that for CTC is actually, uh,

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favorable compared to what you would get for regular, um,

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uh, abdominal ct.

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And of course the RVU are pretty much double

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what you would get for an abdominal uh, ct.

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Uh, note that CTC has a, um, CPT closed for screening,

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but it's not covered currently.

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So most, uh, private payers in the US

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and I think many of us don't know this

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actually already cover for diagnostic,

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but also for screening CTC.

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And this is I pulled off from the Aetna, uh, website

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and they last year already in line

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with American Cancer Society recommended recommendations at

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decreased age of coverage to 45.

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But you can see that, uh, what I have highlighted in red is

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that CTC is considered medically necessary

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for screening every five years.

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And that's great news.

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This is just a graphic that shows you all the different, um,

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uh, insurers and what they cover.

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Um, and this is available

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through the American College of Radiology.

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If anybody needs this

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or can email me, I'm happy to email it to you as well.

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Congress. Um, there's been a bill

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that has been introduced previously.

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We'll continue to introduce bills, uh, once, uh,

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I think Congress is in order just to show you also

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that there is active CTC Coalition.

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Um, really a collaborative effort amongst many societies.

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There's a lot of support here, uh,

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to increase screening rates, um,

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and to include CTC as a valid option.

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And then I just wanted to show you also

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that the American College of Radiology last year

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to over this, um, very, uh, user-friendly

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but uh, important database to, um, allow patients

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and referring physicians.

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This is in the United States only, uh,

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but define actual medical centers

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and outpatient sites that perform CT colonography.

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And I recommend to you, those of you who are listening, who,

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um, have not joined, that you go onto this site

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and you register your site because you'll get more patients.

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Um, and you can easily just Google ACR my CT

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colonography, find the website.

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Um, it's a very easy registration. This is the.