Status of Commercial and State Lung Cancer Screening Coverage for 2021 USPSTF Guidelines

A summary of the payors who are covering CT Lung Screening for individuals meeting the new (2021) USPSTF screening recommendations.
Status-of-Lung-Cancer-Screening-Coverage-842021.pdf (acr.org)

Free Lung Scans in Brooklyn
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/free-lung-scans-in-brooklyn-300972801.html

The Case For Lung Cancer Screening: Lessons from Lahey Health
https://www.diagnosticsworldnews.com/news/2019/12/06/the-case-for-lung-cancer-screening-lessons-from-lahey-health

Minimizing Lung Cancer Screening Racial Disparities: Guidelines may need adjustment to accommodate African-American smokers, researchers say
https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/82679?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2019-10-12&eun=g692933d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202019-10-12&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_Active

Prolonged lung cancer screening reduced 10-year mortality in the MILD trial: new confirmation of lung cancer screening efficacy https://academic.oup.com/annonc/article/30/7/1162/5425325

Lung cancer mortality reduction by LDCT screening—Results from the randomized German LUSI trial https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ijc.32486

Lung Cancer Incidence and Mortality with Extended Follow-up in the National Lung Screening Trial  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31260833

Evaluation of USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines Among African American Adult Smokers https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2737091

5-year overall survival in patients with lung cancer eligible or ineligible for screening according to US Preventive Services Task Force criteria: a prospective, observational cohort study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(19)30329-8/fulltext

Micronodules Detected on Computed Tomography During the National Lung Screening Trial: Prevalence and Relation to Positive Studies and Lung Cancer https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(19)30481-2/fulltext

Lung Cancer Screening: Are NLST Results Still on Point? Follow-up studies spotlight findings from the premier lung cancer screening trial https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/82271

Lung Cancer Screening: Appraising Risk Assessment Criteria A debate over the merits of the HUNT model; evaluating people who fall outside screening parameters https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/82428

Lung Cancer Screening: Managing Risk, Maintaining Long-Term Results – NLST data are the gifts that keep on giving; follow-up findings from the MILD trial https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/80972?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2019-07-13&eun=g692933d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202019-07-13&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_Active

Do USPSTF Lung Ca Screening Criteria Discriminate? Current guidelines leave out large number of black smokers, study finds https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/lungcancer/80740

Lung cancer screening studies focus on uptake among primary care docs, patient tracking https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/65420

The latest research looks at the economics of lung cancer screening, asks who should really be screened, and assesses how screening works in the ‘real world’  https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/66792

Latest research looks at roadblocks to LDCT lung cancer screening, and whether screening and cessation can be traveling companions https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/69914

Research reexamines and refines patient selection, risk levels, and cost effectiveness https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/72181

Is LDCT Lung Cancer Screening on the Road to World Domination? https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/74266

The ‘Rewards and Risks’ of Lung Cancer Screening; Success in a community setting, and the validity of various risk models  https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/74726

Short shrift for required shared decision-making; continuing confusion about overdiagnosis  https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/76085

Lung Cancer Screening: Who Gets It and Why? Studies assess why some eligible patients go for screening, how to manage subsolid nodules, and LCS efficacy  https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/76380

LCS: A Win With NELSON — Shared Decision-Making Takes a Tumble – LDCT lung cancer screening victorious in major Dutch trial, but questions about communication, costs in U.S. https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/78443

Lung Cancer Screening: Are the Gatekeepers Not Fully Engaged? Lack of knowledge seems to keep referring docs from discussing screening with eligible patients  https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/80753

Smoking Cessation: Helping Patients Choose Wisely. Lung cancer community adds quit-programming to the screening, diagnosis, and treatment to-do list https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/78579

Lung Cancer Screening or Smoking Cessation: Which is the Better Bet? Two lung cancer experts offer their opposing perspectives on where limited healthcare resources should go https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/74001

Broad Lung Ca Screening Wins Reader Support https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/smoking/40924

Lung Cancer Screening: Is Calling it a ‘Flop’ Akin to Fake News? Imaging experts on potential ties between breast cancer screening and LCS, and managing LCS during the flu season https://www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room/asco/lung-cancer/80158