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Sep 18, 2017

AMA Quickly Issuing New Proprietary Analyses Codes, but Will They Improve MDx Reimbursement?

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Since last year the AMA has issued 23 PLA codes for firms that want to better track use of their tests, but the effect of the codes on improving reimbursement remains to be seen.

May 10, 2017

Study of Safety Issues

A study from Yale researchers finds that about a third of new drugs, especially ones with accelerated approval, have safety issues, NPR reports.

Dec 22, 2016

NGS Test Coding Changes Slated for Discussion at 2017 CPT Editorial Panel Meeting

The panel's decisions could change the codes diagnostic companies use to bill payors for these tests, which could affect revenue.

Dec 02, 2015

Amid PAMA Implementation, Stakeholders Contemplate Coding to Facilitate Market-Based MDx Pricing

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The coding requirements will be a particularly complicated aspect of implementing the new law which aims to move diagnostic pricing to a market-based system.

Sep 28, 2015

Amid Competing LDT Regulatory Proposals, Common Ground but Key Disagreements for Congress to Consider

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Multiple legislative proposals before Congress show regulation of lab-developed tests remains divisive within the life sciences community.

Nov 18, 2014

Lab Group Hires Lawyers to Parry FDA Regulation; AMA-led Groups Push for Rulemaking

Oct 15, 2014

CMS Issues Preliminary Lab Fee Schedule Determinations for Genomic Testing CPT Codes

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released its preliminary clinical laboratory fee schedule (CLFS) deter

Oct 02, 2013

CMS National Payment Limit for Tier 1 Codes Not as Low as Before, but Challenges Remain

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week issued the final national payment limits for 65 genetic tests described by Ti

May 22, 2013

CMS Issues Pricing for MDx Codes; Labs, Test Developers Still Critical of Rates and Methodology

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Originally published May 20.

Mar 20, 2013

AMP Submits Proposal to AMA Covering CPT Codes for Sequencing-based Assays

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Association for Molecular Pathology today announced that it has submitted to an American Medical Association panel its proposal for CPT codes for sequencing-based assays.

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The Scan

Not Always an Answer

Sometimes genetic tests give inconclusive results and provide little reassurance to patients, the Associated Press reports.

CRISPR Acceptance or Not?

Vox wonders whether gene-editing crops will be viewed similarly as genetically modified organisms of if people will give them a try.

This Week in Science

In Science this week: research regulation and reporting requirement reform, and more.

Building Up Numbers

With H3Africa, Charles Rotimi has been working to bolster the representation of African participants and African researchers in genomics, Newsweek reports.

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