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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Adherence of United States Insurance Payer Policies to American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) Model Policy.

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2020 Jul - Aug


Pract Radiat Oncol


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32004704?dopt=Abstract


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Adherence of United States Insurance Payer Policies to American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) Model Policy.

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Adherence of United States Insurance Payer Policies to American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) Model Policy.
Hassanzadeh C, Roach M, Rich K, Karraker P, Robinson C, Michalski J, Perkins S, Huang J, Tsien C, Abraham C
Pract Radiat Oncol. 2020 Jul - Aug; 10(4):e250-e254.
PMID: 32004704.

Abstract

Medical necessity of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is non-uniform across insurance policies. American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) created a model policy based on the consensus of the radiation oncology community to communicate "medically necessary" indications for SRS. We compared current insurance policies for SRS with ASTRO model policy.
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