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By Maxx Chatsko The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed updates to how colonoscopies are reimbursed. A colonoscopy is the most accurate way to screen for colon cancer, which is recommended for all individuals once they reach age 45. But it certainly isn’t the most convenient or private. It involves, well, you know, an invasive procedure to check for cancerous and precancerous lesions in your colon. Those drawbacks for the standard of care have been a boon for Cologuard, which is a stool-based test administered by individuals in their own home. The convenience helped it become t…