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Click below for a podcast in which I discuss opposition to proposed patent legislation with AnneMarie Schieber, Managing Editor of Heartland Institute’s Health Care News: “A U.S. Senate subcommittee panel is considering a proposal to reverse two U.S. Supreme Court rulings that limit patent eligibility for gene sequencing. Dr. Roger Klein explains why this could…

Click below for Kelly Servick’s article about proposed patent legislation in the U.S. Senate: “It’s a radical proposal,” says Roger Klein, a physician and legal consultant in Cleveland, Ohio, and a member of the board of directors at AMP, a professional society that signed the ACLU letter. In the Myriad case, AMP challenged broad patents…

Click below for Mitch Leslie’s article in Cancer Discovery on proposed patent legislation in the U.S. Senate. “‘The Supreme Court’s patent rulings were essential for incorporating technologies such as next-generation sequencing into diagnosis,’ says Roger Klein, MD, JD, of the Center for Law, Science, and Innovation at the Sandra Day O’Connor Law School at Arizona…

I enjoyed discussing San Francisco’s ill-conceived ban on e-cigarettes with Mitch Henck on his “Mitch in the Morning” radio show last week.

In this Op-Ed I propose a fix for a strange artifact in Medicare’s new clinical laboratory fee-setting process. “PAMA instituted a ‘market-based’ clinical laboratory fee schedule, which is calculated from laboratory-reported private insurance payments for each test. The legislation lowered rates for 75 percent of tests, causing serious disruption and dislocation in the laboratory industry….

I enjoyed talking about gene patents and genetic testing with my friend legendary radio personality Louie B. Free on his radio show today. http://www.vindy.com/louie-free/

I am pleased to join the renowned Heartland Institute, one of the world’s leading free-market think tanks, as a Policy Advisor. https://www.heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/roger-d-klein-md-jd

I was quoted in an interesting Wall Street Journal article by Anna Mathews and Amy Dockser Marcus about an FBI investigation of a diagnostic laboratory that performs a ‘microbiome’ test. “One of those experts, Roger Klein, a pathologist who works as a health-care consultant, said, “The effect is to conceal what they’re doing.” After reviewing…

I enjoyed talking about OIG’s recent Fraud Alert on genetic testing scams with Ben Ball on his “Coastal Daybreak” Radio Show this morning. Caution: Do not give away your Medicare information to strangers promising you free genetic testing! 

Click for Kelly Servick’s article in the June 14, 2019 issue of Science about proposed patent legislation in the U.S. Senate. My quote: “It’s a radical proposal,” says Roger Klein, a physician and legal consultant in Cleveland, Ohio, and a member of the board of directors at AMP, a professional society that signed the ACLU…