CEO SUMMARY: Effective on Aug. 1, UnitedHealthcare will require Z-code submissions for many genetic tests. During a recent webinar, experts tackled a topic that may prove troublesome for labs seeking Z-codes: technical assessments. Key advice is to provide specific data about clinical validity and clinical utility of a novel genetic test. UnitedHealthcareāsĀ (UHC) new requirementĀ that as […]
Technical Assessment Challenges for Z-Code Applications
Experts offer tips to better answer clinical validity and utility questions surrounding a genetic test
- By Scott Wallask
- > From the Volume XXX, No. 10 - July 10, 2023 Issue
- Tags: analytical validity, arup laboratories, clinical utility, clinical validity, cpt, current procedural terminology, DEX, DEX registry, Diagnostic Exchange, DNA, Gabriel Bien-Willner MD PhD, lab intelligence, Medicare, MolDx, orthogonal testing, Palmetto GBA, reference method, sanger sequencing, UHC, UnitedHealthcare, Valerie Collier MS, Z codes
