Thursday, February 26, 2026

Register for April CPT in Boston; Lab Codes Posted (April 26)

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AMA CPT ahs opened the registration page for the n ext Editorial Panel meeting, April 29-May 2, 2026 in Boston.  That's Westin, Copley P...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

On a Lighter Note: JAMA Interviews Chatbot on History of Chatbots

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JAMA consolidates AI-related articles across its journal family - here .  There's also a twice-a-month podcast, open access on podcast m...

Trump State of Union, Healthcare Edition: Drug Prices High, Price Transparency Good, Insurers Bad

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We gave Chat GPT 5.2 a link to the full transcript of the SotU, State of the Union speech. ### Top-Line Summary The 2026 State of the Union...

Evolving Importance of State Biomarker Laws: Guidance from AZ, GA, LA, OK

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One of the major developments in genomics policy over the past five years has been the introduction of state mandates for biomarker test cov...

CGP: An Evolving Definition

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 I've been at several meetings recently where the topic turned to "defining CGP."   Is it 50 genes? 500 genes?  Ci Sure, it...
Monday, February 23, 2026

Multiple Articles: FDA Launches Plans for "One Pivotal Trial, Not Two"

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FDA drug studies have traditionally required two pivotal randomized controlled trials.   This makes the chance of a false positive very tiny...
Friday, February 20, 2026

AMA CPT Publishes "Summary of Panel Actions" for February Palm Springs Meeting

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The most recent AMA CPT editorial meeting was February 5-6 in Palm Springs, and at day 14, February 20, they've released the Summary of ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Chat GPT Explains What MolDx Is (in the Agentic AI Age)

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For several years, I've occassionally asked CHAT GPT "what MolDx is."   Here's another version, showing the growing comple...

Noridian Posts All Materials for September 2025 Advisory Panel on Esophageal Cancer Biomarkers

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 MolDx has a non-coverage LCD for esophageal biomarkers to aid in detection of Barrett's esophagus and its progression.  On September 4,...
Monday, February 16, 2026

Can Chat GPT Find Medicaid Genetic Test Prices? (81420 trisomy, 81519 oncotype)

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 It's easy to look up Medicare prices for genomic tests - there is one national Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule CLFS. It's hard to...

HHS Releases Massive Medicaid Database: Fighting Fraud, Other Uses

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CMS has long released provider-level, CPT-coded utilization or payment data.  (See exactly which CPT codes your doctor was paid for in 2023....

Breaking the Biomarker Bottlenecks: Why CDx and Digital Pathology Just Got Much More Strategic

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Breaking the Biomarker Bottlenecks: Why CDx and Digital Pathology Just Got Much More Strategic Below, Chat GPT 5.2 summarizes a pair of arti...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Get It Here: Another Detailed RFK Jr Interview with Podcast Host

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On February 1, I published a detailed review of a long interview between RFK Jr and podcast host Katie Miller ( here ).  Regular news covere...
Friday, February 13, 2026

CMS Updates PAMA Reporting Page - Timelines are Short

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 PAMA lab price reporting, for CMS median rate-setting, has been frozen since 2019.   Based on section 6226 of the February 3 federal budget...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

Podcast Scan: Owkin's Podcast with Jorge Reis-Filho

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Owkin is a French company on the cutting edge of genomic/cellular/biomarker/AI discovery. They have 63 videos on YouTube , many of them vide...