Cutting out coinsurance for patients undergoing colonoscopy after a positive stool test could improve patient life-years, according to new research.
Although the full effect of Medicare’s January 2023 policy waiving cost sharing for colonoscopy after a positive stool-based colorectal cancer screening test remains uncertain, researchers estimated that if the waived cost of a follow-up colonoscopy increased adherence by 15%, then the resulting colonoscopies would extend the lives of the