Medicare To Cover At-Home Test To Detect Organ Rejection After Kidney Transplant Surgery
Executive Summary
US Medicare has issued a local coverage determination (LCD) for NephroSant’s QSant test, which uses artificial intelligence to score a patient’s likelihood of experiencing organ rejection after transplant. Early detection of rejection could be a game-changer for organ recipients.
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