A March Health Affairs article anticipates considerations around coverage and access to multicancer screening tests.
The technology of cancer precision medicine tests is being expanded to include novel approaches to screening for multiple cancers in older adults without additional known cancer risk factors.
New multicancer early detection tests can screen for up to fifty cancers simultaneously, based on a simple blood draw.
They also highlight the
importance of systematic collection of real-world evidence.
The authors outline steps that may help provide the necessary evidence for payers and ensure equitable patient access to these screening tests.
These include developing more clarity regarding how payers are likely to evaluate screening tests, adapting economic value assessment and payer coverage evidence evaluation for screening tests, and collecting real-world data as part of test development and early adoption of laboratory-developed tests.
Community Part 1 - Mental Health Meets Primary Care
Sania Ali and Avni Kulkarni interview two members of the Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Task Force about the current state of our mental health care system and policy solutions.
Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Charles Lyons and coauthors argue that global health leaders and agencies must prioritize ending childhood tuberculosis through increased funding and clear political will.
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