Click below for my article in STAT to learn about Medicare’s recently implemented illogical and scientifically and medically unsound payment policy for hereditary cancer testing. The decision is particularly harmful for women suspected of having inherited breast and ovarian cancer. Medicare no longer pays for the testing in women for whom it is most likely to be beneficial. This coverage determination abrogated previous favorable local coverage decisions throughout the United States. https://www.statnews.com/2019/03/01/restore-access-next-generation-squencing-hereditary-cancer/