UMC SWCC - Lung Cancer Screening

Based on the results of the 2011 study from the New England Journal of Medicine on low dose CT screenings, UMC now offers lung cancer screening through the Southwest Cancer Center.

This service is covered by Medicare as health maintenance if the following guidelines are met:

1. The patient must have a documented shared decision making visit
2. The patient must meet the USPSTF requirements for screening
   1. Ages 55 to 80
   2. Smoking history of 30 years or more (an average of one pack a day for 30 years)
   3. Currently smoking or have quit within the last 15 years
   4. No current cancer symptoms requiring a diagnostic workup
   5. Counseling must be provided on the importance of maintaining cigarette smoking abstinence if the patient is a former smoker; or the importance of smoking cessation if the patient is a current smoker and they must furnished with information about tobacco cessation interventions, if appropriate.

Please get your patient’s their lung cancer screening by clicking on the consult/referral SWCC Lung Screening order in PowerChart

For ordering the consult/referral to the Lung Screening Navigator, select the Consult/Referral SWCC Lung Screening order in PowerChart.