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CMS on Tuesday announced a final decision to end Medicare coverage for virtual colonoscopies, also known as CT colonographies, the Wall Street Journal reports (Yoest, Wall Street Journal, 5/13). Virtual colonoscopies use X-ray images and computer software to create images of the colon.

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