Promise Of MolDx Program For Molecular Tests Unfulfilled, Labs Say

Benefits to test makers and users from the Medicare MolDx program have not been fully reaped, diagnostic reimbursement experts said at a recent Avalere summit.

The promise of Medicare’s MolDx program to provide greater reimbursement consistency and to fully reflect the value of molecular diagnostics has yet to be fulfilled, laboratory representatives argued at a diagnostics summit last month.

The Molecular Diagnostic Services, or MolDx, process for assessing CPT codes for reimbursement of lab tests “is taking more time...

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