Veracyte Meets New Medicare Coverage Mandate For Molecular Dx
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Veracyte announced a positive coverage policy from Palmetto GBA Jan. 9 for its Afirma multi-gene expression classifier test, one of the first to go through the Medicare contractor’s new requirements.
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