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LEAD Coalition Calls on U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to Encourage Cognitive Screening in Older Adults

Sixty-seven LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters joined a formal comment submitted to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in response to its “Draft Recommendation Statement: Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults.”  The comment urged USPSTF to issue a final Recommendation Statement grade of A or B, meaning the cognitive screening of older […]

LEAD Coalition Strengthens Call for CMS to Approve PET Amyloid Imaging

Following on an April comment letter, fifty-five LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote again in early August encouraging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to issue a National Coverage Decision allowing PET amyloid imaging in the evaluation of progressive cognitive decline under the narrowly defined circumstances of the appropriate use criteria (AUC) […]