Scott Glovsky Featured in HealthyWomen: Insurers Are Denying Cancer Patients Life-Saving Imaging Tests
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Attorney Scott Glovsky was featured in a new HealthyWomen.org article examining why health insurers are increasingly denying PET scans and other imaging tests for cancer patients, even when those tests are recommended by the patient’s own oncologist.
Why Insurers Are Denying Cancer Imaging Tests
The article, published August 31, 2026 by investigative journalist Misha Valencia, follows a stage 4 breast cancer patient whose insurer denied a routine PET scan as “not medically necessary,” despite six years of prior approvals for the same test. It cites a JAMA Network study finding that 22% of cancer patients didn’t receive the care their treatment team recommended because of insurance denials and delays, and notes that PET scans, despite being a proven diagnostic standard for staging cancer, are turned down by insurers at high rates.
Scott Glovsky’s Advice for Patients Facing a Denial
Glovsky, who represents cancer patients denied imaging coverage by their insurers, told HealthyWomen that insurers often treat delay as a financial strategy: the longer a claim sits unresolved, the less they may ultimately have to pay out. His advice to patients is direct: file an expedited appeal as soon as a denial comes in, and don’t treat the first no as the final answer.
Read the full feature on HealthyWomen.