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Reimbursement news and insurance coverage updates.

Bio-Techne Lands Government Contract for Genomic Prostate Cancer Test

The reimbursement contract provides about 9 million additional men access to the urine-based, genomic EPI test, Bio-Techne said.

House Passes Bill to Cover Coronavirus Testing with Emergency Use Authorization

A pathologists' group has pointed out that the bill covers only EUA tests, and patients receiving tests with pending regulatory status may receive surprise bills.

CMS Sets Payment Rate for SARS-CoV-2 Testing

The agency will reimburse at about $35.91 per test for CDC assays and about $51.31 per test for non-CDC assays.

Noridian Issues Final LCD for Decipher Biosciences Prostate Cancer Test

The Medicare Administrative Contractor is aligning its coverage decision with Palmetto GBA's final decision and it will go into effect May 4.

Blue Shield of California to Cover Rady Children's Rapid Whole-Genome Sequencing Test

The insurer will cover testing at the Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine for children in intensive care with unexplained medical conditions.

Feb 29, 2020

CMS Seeks Public Input on Epigenomics' National Coverage Request for Colon Cancer Screening Test

Feb 28, 2020

Local Coverage Determinations Roundup: Natera, DermTech

Feb 26, 2020

Congressional Caucus Working to Raise Personalized Medicine Awareness Among Legislators

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Feb 13, 2020

CGS Administrators Aligns LCD for DermTech Pigmented Lesion Assay With Palmetto

Feb 11, 2020

Genetic Counselors Medicare Payment Bill Gaining Support Despite 'Scope of Practice' Disagreement

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Jan 30, 2020

MolDx Finalizes Expanded Coverage for Liquid Biopsies

Jan 27, 2020

CMS to Cover FDA-Approved, -Cleared NGS Germline Tests for Breast, Ovarian Cancer Patients

Jan 08, 2020

Adaptive Biotechnologies Gains Expanded Medicare Coverage for ClonoSeq

Jan 02, 2020

Palmetto Issues Final LCD for DermTech Pigmented Lesion Assay

Jan 02, 2020

Personalized Medicine in 2019: Options Increasing But Are They Reaching Patients?

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Dec 06, 2019

Local Coverage Determinations Roundup: Transplant Genomics, Opko Health

Dec 03, 2019

Palmetto Issues Final LCD for Decipher Biosciences Prostate Cancer Test

Nov 21, 2019

Intermountain Healthcare to Gather Utility Data as SelectHealth Covers PGx Test for Certain Employees

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Nov 01, 2019

Local Coverage Determinations Roundup: Transplant Genomics

Oct 29, 2019

CMS Proposes New National Coverage Policy for NGS Germline Testing

Oct 11, 2019

Transplant Genomics Kidney Transplant Test Gets Final Medicare Coverage Decision

Oct 04, 2019

Local Coverage Determinations Roundup: Myriad, AltheaDx, Castle Bio, Razor Genomics, and More

Sep 30, 2019

Interpace Diagnostics Signs Thyroid Cancer Test Coverage Deals With Three BCBS Plans

Sep 06, 2019

Concert Genetics Launches Software to Limit Coding Variability in Genetic Testing

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Aug 26, 2019

Stakeholders Voice Concerns, Push Back on NCD for NGS Cancer Panels

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