Dr. J. Leonard Lichtenfeld

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CT colonography and Medicare: Are we the enemy?
In this editorial opinion, Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, outlines his concerns over an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine praising the decision by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services not to cover CT colonography -- as well as his objections to the CMS decision itself.
June 23, 2009
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