Recent policy changes help increase access to recommended non-invasive colorectal cancer screening tests. These policy changes require Medicare and most commercial insurers to pay for colonoscopy after a positive Cologuard test without cost to the patient. For most patients, these financial protections take effect starting Jan. 1.
A new partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and ARcare aims to improve colorectal cancer screening rates in seven rural Arkansas counties where late-stage diagnoses and cancer disparities are on the rise.
