Medicare Approved Facilities/Trials/Registries

PET for Cancer

Additionally, in a National Coverage Determination for PET (FDG) for All Other Cancer Indications Not Previously Specified (220.6.15) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) determined that the evidence is sufficient to conclude that an FDG PET scan is reasonable and necessary only when the provider is participating in, and patients are enrolled in a prospective clinical studies that is designed to collect additional information at the time of the scan to assist in patient management.

Facility name Provider Number Date Approved State
The Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center 34-0714585 08/17/2007 OHIO
The Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) and the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) N/A 08/01/2007 ALABAMA