Report Indicates Patients Seek Transparency, Choices and Convenience in Health Care Billing

By Kelly A. Briganti, Editorial Director, G2 Intelligence

A new report released this month by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) describes the U.S. health care industry's billing and payment system as "a horse-and-buggy in a world contemplating driverless cars." The report indicates that current reforms and increasing deductibles are giving rise to consumer demands for more transparency, convenience, affordability and options with regard to health care billing and…

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Many Not Getting Colorectal, Cervical Cancer Screenings

By Lori Solomon, Editor, Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies

Many adults are not getting recommended, routine screenings for cervical and colorectal cancer, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Screening rates for colorectal cancer remain unchanged since 2010, while rates of cervical cancer screening have actually…

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Exosome Prostate Cancer Test Does Well in Clinical Validation Study

By Ron Shinkman, Editor, Laboratory Industry Report

Massachusetts-based Exosome Diagnostics has released data from a clinical validation study suggesting its liquid biopsy test for prostate cancer patients could more accurately predict the presence of the disease than the current biopsy options that are available…

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