Personalized Medicine And Palmetto’s MolDx: Raising The Bar On Evidence
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Diagnostic industry players support the regional Medicare contractor’s evidence-based reimbursement requirements for molecular diagnostics and are hoping CMS adopts the approach nationally.
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