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Financial Barriers to Biomarker Testing
CANCER BUZZ
English - September 29, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsHealth & Fitness Education accc cancer cancer care cancer center cancer community cancer treatment health healthcare hospital medical Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The advent of biomarker testing has brought targeted cancer treatment to more patients than ever before. However, these tests require a collaborative effort from a number of specialists—and that means a high price tag. Additionally, private payers have different reimbursement structures that change frequently, resulting in lengthy pre-authorization periods.
On this episode of CANCER BUZZ, we speak to two financial navigators about their roles helping patients and providers understand the options available to patients in need of biomarker testing.
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