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Expand Access to Biomarker Testing in Kentucky
Welcome! Biomarker testing helps connect patients with the right treatment at the right time. ACS CAN and partners are working together to make sure more Kentuckians can benefit from this important testing. What is Biomarker Testing? In cancer care, biomarkers are often used to help determine the best treatment for a patient . A “ biomarker ” is a sign of ...
Rep. Moser files legislation aimed at improving health outcomes in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, KY – Today, Rep. Kim Moser introduced legislation that would increase access to biomarker testing, which can help determine the best treatment plan for a specific patient. Despite its benefits, access to biomarker testing has not kept pace with the rate of innovation due to several barriers, including lack of coverage by private health insurance and ...
2023 Kentucky Cancer Action Day Webpage
... and Slides Below : Pre-Event Training Recording 23_ky_volunteer_training_presentation_final.pdf Fact sheets Mentioned in the Pre-Training: biomarker_testing_costs_and_cost_savings.pdf acs_can_biomarker_testing_patient_profiles_final_0.pdf health_equity_in_biomarker_testing_and_targeted_therapy_.pdf biomarker_testing_faq_.pdf ...
Legislation Passes that will Improve Health Outcomes in the Commonwealth
FRANKFORT, KY – Today, the General Assembly passed legislation that will increase access to biomarker testing, which can help determine the best treatment plan for a specific patient. Despite its benefits, private health insurance and Medicaid coverage of biomarker testing have not kept pace with the rate of innovation. This legislation, House Bill 180, fixes that barrier to access for many ...
Legislative Action Needed to Reduce the Burden of Cancer on Kentuckians
... Network (ACS CAN) urges legislators to prioritize legislation that will improve access to care for cancer patients by expanding coverage for biomarker testing. “ACS CAN calls on the legislature to increase access to biomarker testing, an essential step in accessing precision medicine treatments by ensuring state regulated health insurance, including Medicaid, ...
Legislative Action Needed to Reduce the Burden of Cancer on Kentuckians
... Network (ACS CAN) urges legislators to prioritize legislation that will improve access to care for cancer patients by expanding coverage for biomarker testing. “ACS CAN calls on the legislature to increase access to biomarker testing, an essential step in accessing precision medicine treatments by ensuring state regulated health insurance, including Medicaid, ...
Cancer Patients and Survivors Return to the Capitol to Rally Legislators
... with their elected officials. They let their lawmakers know they can and must do better to treat cancer. Volunteers asked the lawmakers to pass biomarker testing legislation, House Bill 180, that will enable more patients to benefit from biomarker testing, an essential step in accessing precision medicine treatments. Dubbed ‘the right treatment at the right time,’ precision ...
2023 Kentucky Cancer Action Day
... prevent cancer and protect survivors and their families. This year our focus will be on access to care and expanding access to comprehensive biomarker testing. Biomarker testing is an important step for accessing precision medicine, including targeted therapies that can lead to improved survivorship and ...
2023 Kentucky Legislative Priorities
... products. We will be making the following fact-based policies a priority and ask for your support: Ensuring Access to Quality Care Access to Biomarker Testing: ACS CAN will advocate for House Bill 180, which improves coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing. Progress in improving cancer outcomes increasingly involves the use of precision medicine, which uses information about a ...