Policy & Legislation
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Europe is still struggling to meet the requirements of the regulation, which calls for the clearance of most tests by notified bodies before they can be sold for clinical use.
ACMG Review Finds NIPS Accurately Detects Common Trisomies in General-Risk Pregnancies
The review is going to inform upcoming clinical practice guidelines for noninvasive prenatal screening from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.
California, Other States to Cover Rapid WGS of Newborns Under Medicaid, but Questions of Access Loom
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Though the funding is technically there, doctors may not be comfortable ordering the test and hospitals may wonder if they'll lose money from it.
The federal program stopped reimbursing COVID-19 tests for uninsured individuals at the end of March due to lack of funds, leaving a potential gap in testing coverage.
The move to discontinue free testing has concerned some experts, who charge it is more of a political decision than a scientific one.