January 21, 2025
Guardant (GH) Reveal Medicare Coverage FAQ
Following GH’s announcement this AM of Medicare coverage of its tissue-naïve Reveal test for minimal residual disease (MRD) surveillance testing, we wanted to highlight some additional salient points omitted from the company’s press release. The…
January 12, 2025
Diagnostics’ New Supreme Court Risk
The Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision on Friday to hear oral arguments in Becerra v. Braidwood, presumably in late March / early April, will likely serve as an overhang for screening test manufacturers [EXAS, GH, MYGN,…
January 6, 2025
Conference Policy Prep Pack: Devices, Diagnostics, & Tools
With medical device, equipment, diagnostics, and life science tools (LST) companies set to descend on San Francisco next week for a key investor conference, below we provide a set of significant policy-related questions for clients…
December 17, 2024
[GRAL, EXAS, GH] Multi-Cancer Test Coverage: Details Fall Flat
While positive on its face, the inclusion of multi-cancer early detection (MCED) screening test [GRAL, EXAS, GH] coverage provisions in tonight’s continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through March 14 leaves much to be…
December 13, 2024
[PBMs, Hospitals, Docs] Healthcare Extenders: State of Play
While Republicans and Democrats are trying to hash out a healthcare extenders package to add to a short-term government funding measure that needs to be taken up and passed by next Friday, we ascribe just…
November 26, 2024
Exact Sciences: Cologuard Plus Gets 16% Bump, Coverage Questions Remain
In a positive surprise relative to our initial expectations, CMS’s CY25 payment rate of $592 for EXAS’s Cologuard Plus represents a 16% premium to the legacy test’s $509. While this falls slightly shy of the…
November 13, 2024
EXAS, GH: Next Steps on Next Gen Test Rates
Key Takeaways: Following the split market reaction to EXAS [-29%] and GH [+25%] 3Q24 earnings reports last week, and investors looking to the opportunities associated with next generation colorectal cancer (CRC) screening tests Cologuard Plus…