Reimbursement News
Reimbursement news and insurance coverage updates.
Palmetto Finalizes Positive LCD for Prostate Cancer Risk Tests
Tests like MDxHealth's SelectMDx, Bio-Techne's ExoDx Prostate, and various PSA scoring algorithms would be reimbursed if they pass a technical assessment.
AMP Offers Recommendations to CMS, HHS to Prepare for Next Pandemic
The organization recommended that federal agencies request input from diagnostic industry stakeholders, such as laboratories, manufacturers, and insurers.
Four Years Into Foundational LCDs, Broader Reimbursement Coverage a Mixed Bag, Stakeholders Say
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Palmetto GBA has expanded its decisions to cover classes of tests, rather than just one test, a move welcomed by most, but not all, of the industry.
MNM Bioscience Wins $800K Eurostars Grant to Stratify Ovarian Cancer Patients
The bioinformatics startup will work with Macrogen Europe to develop an AI-based tool for analyzing WGS data to identify patients who should receive PARP inhibitors.
Guardant Health Receives Medicare Coverage for Tissue-Based Cancer Test
The assay is covered under Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA's local coverage determination for next-generation sequencing-based tests for solid tumors.