CMS Making Medicare Care Changes Effective in 2023

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The Changes: CMS.gov - 11/01/2022 - Press Release: Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final ...

Here is one, but stay tuned for more info - there are several of them - (see the link)

Colorectal Cancer Screening

For CY 2023, we are finalizing, as proposed, two updates to expand our Medicare coverage policies for colorectal cancer screening in order to align with recent United States Preventive Services Task Force and professional society recommendations. First, we are expanding Medicare coverage for certain colorectal cancer screening tests by reducing the minimum age payment and coverage limitation from 50 to 45 years. Second, we are expanding the regulatory definition of colorectal cancer screening tests to include a complete colorectal cancer screening, where a follow-on screening colonoscopy after a Medicare covered non-invasive stool-based colorectal cancer screening test returns a positive result. A functional outcome of our policy for a complete colorectal cancer screening will be that, for most beneficiaries, cost sharing will not apply for either the initial stool-based test or the follow-on colonoscopy.