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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Oct 2, 2013

CMS National Payment Limit for Tier 1 Codes Not as Low as Before, but Challenges Remain
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May 22, 2013

CMS Issues Pricing for MDx Codes; Labs, Test Developers Still Critical of Rates and Methodology
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Mar 20, 2013

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

Mar 6, 2013

In Unexpected Collaboration, AMA, McKesson Partner to Clarify Molecular Diagnostic Claims Coding
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Feb 26, 2013

McKesson, AMA Developing Reference Product for MDx

Jan 30, 2013

Palmetto Loses Appeal to Remain JE CMS Contractor, but May Continue Running MolDx
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Jan 17, 2013

NIH Genetic Test Registry to Integrate AMA's CPT Codes

Oct 3, 2012

Industry-Backed Bill Introduced in House as Frustration Grows over CMS Payment Process for MDx
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Sep 19, 2012

CMS Stance on Reimbursement of Multi-Analyte Algorithm Assays Raises Industry Concerns
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Jul 18, 2012

Lab Industry, Pathologists Still at Odds Over Fee Schedule for New Molecular Pathology CPT Codes
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May 30, 2012

AMP Aims for June Release of Draft CPT Codes for NGS-Based Dx Tests
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Apr 18, 2012

Harvard Pilgrim, Trustmark Join Other Payors Considering Outsourcing MDx Claims to Specialty Vendors
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Mar 9, 2012

Vermillion Receives CPT Code for OVA1
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Mar 7, 2012

AMA Approves Vermillion MAAA Category 1 Code for OVA1; Will it Improve Reimbursement?
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Mar 6, 2012

Vermillion's OVA1 Test Assigned Category 1 CPT Code; Stock Jumps

Feb 29, 2012

Palmetto's Jeter Discusses Efforts to Advance Value-Based Reimbursement System for MDx
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Feb 29, 2012

European Researchers and Pharmas Launch Effort to Link Gene Markers to Diabetes, Personalize Drugs
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Jan 11, 2012

CAP Urges CMS to Publish Recommended Payment Values for Molecular Dx CPT Codes
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Jan 4, 2012

Personalized Medicine in 2011: Some Successes, Slow Progress, Continued Economic Woes
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Missed Early Cases

A retrospective analysis of blood samples suggests early SARS-CoV-2 infections may have been missed in the US, the New York Times reports.

Limited Journal Editor Diversity

A survey finds low diversity among scientific and medical journal editors, according to The Scientist.

How Much of a Threat?

Science writes that need for a provision aimed at shoring up genomic data security within a new US bill is being questioned.

PNAS Papers on Historic Helicobacter Spread, Brain Development, C. difficile RNAs

In PNAS this week: Helicobacter genetic diversity gives insight into human migrations, gene expression patterns of brain development, and more.