“You can have your consumer-driven controversies about genetic testing. Precision medicine has a bigger question to answer, such as: ‘Which lab should get that test so everyone can get paid?”’
“On the front lines of genetic testing — from the doctors who want the tests to the genetic counselors who seek a bigger role in determining the path of precision medicine to the health insurance companies who have to pay for it — the battle is all about the red tape.
“Can we get everyone on the same page when we define ‘medically necessary’ genetic testing?
“Does the doctor know if the lab getting the genetic test has a contract with the patient’s health insurance company?
“’Who, in this age of transparency, is responsible for figuring it out?”’ asked Timothy Moss, M.D., a member of the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare.”
One question was: Shouldn’t the genetic counselor be able to veto any genetic test?
