Cigna will not pay for 3D mammograms at Boston-area hospitals after Feb. 15, 2016, WCVB reports. Cigna will cover 2D screening for breast cancer, but it said there’s not enough evidence yet to support 3D mammograms and that they used twice as much radiation as 2D screening.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.