A new coverage determination will prevent Medicare patients with certain cancers from accessing genetic testing, a move that advocates and testing companies say will severely limit early interventions ...
Both the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing for cancer and the rate of claim denials for such testing increased between 2016 and 2021, despite implementation of a recent Medicare national ...
A CBS News investigation uncovered a massive Medicare scam where recruiters entice seniors to submit a DNA sample for a “free” genetic cancer risk test. Many never receive the results from these ...
Four healthcare providers have been charged for fraudulent acts associated with cancer testing and care as part of a Justice Department investigation. The wider investigation identified what the ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and genetic testing proved to be lifesaving for the women featured in this story. Jodi Lavery discovered she had a BRCA-2 gene mutation, ...