The session included presentations from various leaders in the field, all of whom are very knowledgeable regarding reimbursement for molecular diagnostic tests. Rina Wolf, MHA, XIFIN, Inc., gave a "real world" view of current factors influencing payment for molecular diagnostics, including the recently released Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) proposed rule and its scheduled implementation. John Pfeifer, MD, PhD, provided an overview of the process his laboratory used to achieve sustainable reimbursement for next generation sequencing (NGS) tests and Erick Lin, MD, PhD, Ambry Genetics, provided advice on successfully working with payers.
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