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Aetna Updates Noninvasive Prenatal Testing Coverage Policy to Include All Pregnancies

Aetna's move comes at a time when a number of insurers including UnitedHealthcare have begun offering coverage of NIPT for average-risk pregnancies.

CVS Health, Tempus Precision Oncology Program Aims to Aid Oncologists, Improve Patient Outcomes
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The CVS-Tempus partnership aims to streamline the cancer care process for patients from the point of prescribing onwards and connect patients with local trials.

Some Call for Expanded Payor Coverage of NIPS but Reluctance Remains
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A preliminary analysis lends some support to covering NIPS for pregnancies beyond high-risk, and some payors have expanded coverage.  

 

Castle Biosciences Uveal Melanoma Prognostic Test Garners Coverage from Multiple Payors

The company announced positive coverage decisions from Palmetto GBA, 14 BCBS plans, and Aetna.

Aetna to Cover NxGen MDx Genetic Testing Services

Starting Feb. 15, Aetna members will be able to access NxGen MDx's genetic screening and noninvasive prenatal testing as an in-network benefit. 

Jan 4, 2017

GenomeWeb Index Falls 3 Percent in 2016; Genmark Leads Gainers as PacBio Drops

Dec 8, 2016

Aetna, Interpace Diagnostics Ink Coverage Agreement for Thyroid Assay

Jun 26, 2015

Veracyte Thyroid Cancer Test Added to Aetna's Laboratory Network

Jul 7, 2014

Aetna Begins Coverage of CardioDx's Coronary Artery Disease Test

Apr 4, 2014

Aetna Policy Bulletin Indicates Insurer Unlikely to Cover Most Proteomic Cancer Tests
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Apr 2, 2014

MDx/CDx Focus: 23andMe Still Working with FDA; Aetna Lists Medically Necessary, Investigational Dx
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May 9, 2013

NIH Funds USF, Aetna to Study BRCA Testing

Feb 7, 2013

Aetna Throws Support Behind Non-invasive Prenatal Tests for Down Syndrome

Mar 28, 2012

Abbott Challenges 'Incorrect Assumptions' in Cost-Effectiveness Study of Xalkori PGx Testing
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Mar 21, 2012

Patient Enrichment to Limit PGx Testing for NSCLC Could Lower Costs, but Miss Responders
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Jun 8, 2011

Anthem BCBS to Cover XDx's AlloMap in Stable Heart Transplant Patients
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Mar 9, 2011

Aetna Deems XDx AlloMap Test 'Medically Necessary' for Monitoring Heart Transplant Patients
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Mar 8, 2011

XDx's AlloMap Gets Positive Determination from Aetna

Sep 16, 2010

Aetna Funds BRCA Gene Test Study

Feb 10, 2010

Myriad Defends Policy of Urging Docs to Genetically Counsel BRACAnalysis Customers
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Jan 13, 2010

Will Myriad's Marketing to Mammogram Centers Ease or Fan Over-Testing Concerns with BRACAnalysis?
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Nov 4, 2009

Insurers Tracking Unnecessary Testing with Myriad's BRACAnalysis Tests
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Jun 17, 2009

FDA Updates Plavix Label with PGx Data, but Does Not Provide Dosing Recommendations
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May 5, 2009

CMS Rejects Medicare Payment for Genetic-Based Warfarin Dosing

Feb 4, 2009

People in the News: Feb 4, 2009 (rev. 1)
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Call for a Different Tack

Experts weigh the value of recent experiments testing genetically modified pig kidneys using brain-dead individuals, according to Nature News.

Wastewater Warning

The New York Times reports that wastewater surveillance in some parts of the US point to a possible surge.

Can't Get in the Program

Due to the Northern Ireland protocol dispute, the European Union is preventing UK researchers from joining the Horizon Europe research program, the Times of London reports.

Science Paper on Spatial-Controlled Genome Editing

In Science this week: approach to enable a CRISPR-Cas13a-based system to be used as a cancer therapy.