Turna Ray

The California health system is working with Canexia to assess if a triaged, in-house testing strategy improves outcomes, lowers cost, and reduces access inequities.

During an "Investor Day" presentation, company executives presented plans for growing test volumes, increasing market share, and expanding access to underserved populations.

Although the logistics still need to be worked out, the partners hope to streamline oncologists' experience ordering tests that can inform patient care.

The college wants genetic counselors to work with doctors when ordering genetic tests, but not all medical geneticists agree the stance is good for patients.

The companies will work with labs to improve payors' understanding of the costs of performing PD-L1 testing and the value it provides to patient care.

Williams v Quest/Athena struck a nerve with the genetic testing community by probing what the standard of care is and ought to be for variant classification.  

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As government lab spending grows, the Medicare contractor has barred access to a coding and pricing file obtained via FOIA claiming it holds business secrets.

The move raises questions about what precisely is an LDT outside of FDA jurisdiction and heightens concerns that poorly validated tests will enter the market and endanger public health.

Results from the PROMPT registry presented at ASCO showed that 10 to 15 percent of women with variants in genes not linked to ovarian cancer had oophorectomies.