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Precision Medicine Advances: Medicare Coverage of Next Generation Sequencing Testing

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Medicare recently released a new national coverage determination (NCD) that addresses certain diagnostic laboratory tests using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for patients with advanced cancer. NGS technology has made it...more

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New CMS National Coverage Determination and FDA Regulatory Approach: the Next Generation for NGS Testing Policy?

• The new national Medicare coverage determination covers only FDA-authorized NGS tests with companion diagnostic indications, leaving NGS cancer tests without that specific indication to seek coverage from local Medicare...more

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Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act - A Bipartisan Bill

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On February 15, 2018, representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-15), John Shimkus (IL-15), Scott Peters (CA-52), Erik Paulson (MN-03), and Juan Vargas (CA-51), introduced the Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act (H.R....more

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HHS and Medicare Asked to Expand Coverage for Genetic Tests

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Fifteen members of Congress have asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (Medicare) to examine how the federal government can help improve patient access to genetic...more

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Three Pressing Challenges for Personalized Medicine

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Personalized medicine can be described as the science of targeted therapies. Advances in diagnostic and molecular medicine have made it possible to more precisely identify alternative treatment options for patients based on...more

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Precision Medicine - Even Medicare Will Pay for It!

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President Barack Obama announced in his 2015 State of the Union address that he was introducing a new Precision Medicine Initiative, supported with over $200 million in the proposed 2016 federal budget. "Precision Medicine"...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: House E&C Releases Discussion Draft of 21st Century Cures Legislation Ahead of Legislative Hearing... FDA Finalizes Biosimilar Guidance Documents... CMS Updates Wage Index and Payment Rates for the Medicare Hospice...more

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