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No appeal process: HHS refusal to cover AMD therapy sparks suit

Washington, DC-Several organizations have joined three patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a lawsuit filed against the Department of Health and Human Services in an effort to appeal the department's ruling that Medicare would not cover ocular photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin.

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