PET Professional Resources and Outreach Source

Reimbursement

• CMS Decision Memo for PET (FDG) for Solid Tumors (April 2009)
• CMS Coverage Table (April 2009)
• SNM Coding Corner (PET)
• NOPR Covered Indications

Elements of PET/CT Reporting
Click the following link for a comprehensive guide on elements of PET/CT reporting (including sample reports)

• Elements of PET/CT Reporting (.pdf)

Practice Guidelines Summaries
The following summaries are intended to serve as an educational tool for referring physicians, as well as nuclear medicine physicians and radiologists. Practice guidelines are revised and updated periodically, and new guidelines are written. Readers are advised to check the websites of professional organizations as well as published literature for the most current information.

• Oncology Practice Guidelines Summary (.pdf)
  • NCCN Practice Guidelines Tabular Summary (.pdf)
  • NCCN Practice Guidelines Narrative Summary (.pdf)
  • NCCN Practice Guidelines: PET/CT Evidence Development (.pdf)
  • NCCN Task Force Report: Clinical Utility of PET in a Variety of Tumor Types (.pdf)
• Cardiac Practice Guidelines Summary (.pdf)
• Neurology Guidelines Summary - Coming Soon!

Educational Brochures

• Diagnosis of Pulmonary Nodules (.pdf)
• Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (.pdf)
• Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning in Lung Cancer (.pdf)

Fact Sheets for Patients

• PET Fact Sheet (.pdf)
• Nuclear Medicine Fact Sheet (.pdf)
• Lymphoma Fact Sheet (.pdf)
• Breast Cancer Fact Sheet (.pdf)
• Alzheimers Fact Sheet (.pdf)
• Prostate Cancer Fact Sheet (.pdf)
• Colorectal Cancer Fact Sheet (.pdf)
• Heart Disease Fact Sheet (.pdf)
• Lung Cancer Fact Sheet (.pdf)

Referring Physicians Survey Summary

• Referring Physicians Survey Summary (.pdf)

PET/CT PowerPoint Presentation Library
These presentations may be used in whole or in part for educational purposes only. Individuals who incorporate this information into their own presentations should attribute the source on each slide, using the following language: “courtesy of (insert name and institution) through the PET PROS program of the SNM PET Center of Excellence”.

• PET/CT in Oncology
  George Segall, MD
• Physiological Variations of FDG Distribution and Pitfalls of Interpretation of PET-CT
  Dominique Delbeke, MD, PhD
• FDG PET and PET-CT for GI Malignancies: Colorectal cancer, Hepatobiliary malignancies, Pancreatic cancer, Esophageal and Gastric cancer
  Dominique Delbeke, MD, PhD
• Role of FDG PET and PET/CT Imaging in Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules and Lung Cancer
  Dominique Delbeke, MD, PhD
• PET and PET/CT in Lymphoma and Monitoring Therapy
  Dominique Delbeke, MD, PhD
• Integrated FDG-PET and PET/CT: Clinical Applications and Impact on Patient Care
  Dominique Delbeke, MD, PhD
• Nuclear Cardiology Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion with 82Rb
  Dominique Delbeke, MD, PhD
• Read with The Experts: Metabolic PET Imaging Myocardial Viability and Beyond
  Dominique Delbeke, MD, PhD
• Brown Adipose Tissue strategies to reduce FDG uptake
  Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA

PET/CT NaF Bone Scan Starter Kit – Coming Soon!

Letters of Medical Necessity Samples

• General Template (.docx)

Disease Specific Templates

• Alzheimer's (.doc)
• Breast CT and PET-CT Denied (.doc)
• CCL Transformation to Lymphoma (.doc)
• Enlarged Axilary Lymph Nodes (.doc)
• Head and Neck (#2) (.doc)
• Head and Neck (.doc)
• Liposarcoma (.doc)
• Lung Mass (.doc)
• Lymphoma Recurrence (.doc)
• Lymphoma Staging (.doc)
• Ovarian (.doc)
• Pancreatic (.doc)
• Pituatary Tumor (.doc)
• Staging and Restaging Breast (2 studies) (.doc)

Check back soon for more updates!

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