Despite guidelines and evidence supporting annual breast MRI for breastcancer screening in women with BRCA 1/2 genetic mutations, denial of coverage is becoming more common.
carriers to undergo annual screening MRI at age 30."
The team found that overall, 73 women had an MRI denied. The median age of women who received a denial was 38 years, whereas those who had it approved was 44 years."Patients with denials were significantly younger and more likely to be in the Medicaid population," said Gordhandas. Thus, noted the authors, there were significantly more denials in 2021 as compared to 2020 , and the denials in 2021 denials were statistically more likely to be denied on appeal .
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