Medicare patients need hepatitis C tests, coalition says
By Elise Viebeck - 04/03/13 10:52 AM ET
Medicare should promote screenings for hepatitis C given the frequency of the virus among older patients, advocates said Wednesday.
The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable, a coalition of health groups and medical providers, circulated a letter urging federal health officials to offer hepatitis C screenings as part of patients' first Medicare exam.
The advocates said baby boomers represent 75 percent of U.S. cases of hepatitis C and that screening them for the virus could save more than 100,000 lives.
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