Interpace Biosciences Announces Contract for Thyroid Testing with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Tom Burnell, President and CEO of Interpace Biosciences, stated, We are pleased that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, a division of one of the largest payers in United States, Health Care Services Corporation, has agreed to contract with us for our molecular tests, making them available to their members on an in-network basis.
Key Points:
- Tom Burnell, President and CEO of Interpace Biosciences, stated, We are pleased that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, a division of one of the largest payers in United States, Health Care Services Corporation, has agreed to contract with us for our molecular tests, making them available to their members on an in-network basis.
- ThyGeNEXT utilizes state-of-the-art next-generation sequencing (NGS) to identify more than 100 genetic alterations associated with papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas, the two most common forms of thyroid cancer, as well as Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.
- ThyGeNEXT and ThyraMIR reflex testing yields high predictive value in determining the presence and absence of cancer in thyroid nodules.
- Pharma services, through Interpace Pharma Solutions, provides pharmacogenomics testing, genotyping, biorepository, and other customized services to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.