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HHS OIG Finds Sharp Rise in Medicare Payments for Genetic Tests
Medicare payments for genetic tests and the number of such tests rose sharply, as did the number of labs receiving more than $1 million in reimbursements for such tests.
Eurofins' Clinical Enterprise, Ginkgo Bioworks Partner to Support COVID-19 Testing Program
Operation Expanded Testing Program is designed to provide federally funded COVID-19 testing to children in kindergarten through grade 12, as well as other groups.
FDA, HHS Update COVID-19 Test Emergency Use Authorization Policies
The FDA said it intends to focus on specific EUA requests, while HHS withdrew a policy directing FDA not to enforce premarket review requirements for LDTs.
HHS Provides $650M to Support Point-of-Care MDx Tests for COVID-19
The funding will be used to provide purchase commitments to manufacturers so they can scale up test production.
US House Appropriations Committee Seeks 15 Percent NIH Funding Increase for Fiscal 2022
The House committee called for an additional $3.5 billion for all existing NIH institutes and centers, with an increase of no less than 5 percent for each.