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New Rochelle gets drive-thru coronavirus testing

New York Post New York’s first coronavirus drive-through testing center opened Friday morning in New Rochelle — the Westchester County town with the highest cluster of COVID-19 cases in the United States. “This is drive-thru testing — something I didn’t hear of last week, but we’re doing this week,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “Drive-through testing means people […]

OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories Offers Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

In partnership with NY State Department of Health, BioReference will provide COVID-19 testing for the first public drive-through testing facility on the East Coast COVID-19 tests now available for use by healthcare providers throughout the US ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., March 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company (NASDAQ: OPK), is now […]

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OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories to Introduce Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Test

COVID-19 test will aid healthcare professionals and public health authorities to identify patients infected with COVID-19 ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., March 05, 2020 — BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company (NASDAQ: OPK), today announced it will offer a test for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), a contagious virus that causes respiratory infection and has shown evidence of human-to-human […]

“Yes Means Test” During Condom Awareness Month

While February is the month of love, it also serves as Condom Awareness Month, and there’s no better time to remind you to protect yourself and your partner from Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) by using condoms. Using condoms every time you have sex not only protects you from STIs and unwanted pregnancies, it’s also a way to […]

Final LCD for the 4Kscore Test

Have you heard the news that the final Local Coverage Determination (LCD) from the Medicare MAC for the 4Kscore® Test, Novitas, is now effective. The LCD includes defined coverage criteria from Medicare, including required documentation of Shared Decision Making prior to ordering the 4Kscore Test. Full text of the final LCD can be found here. […]

BioReference Laboratories Showcases 2019 Growth through the Addition of Cutting Edge Tests, Greater Access to Services, and Optimized Patient Experience

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ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., December 19, 2019 – BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health Company, along with its genetics and genomics laboratory, GeneDx, Inc., and oncology, urology and women’s health division, GenPath Diagnostics, are pleased to provide a 2019 business update, highlighting new tests that lead to faster diagnoses, payer relationships that provide greater access to […]

Novitas Issues Final Local Coverage Determination for the 4Kscore® Test

Medicare coverage for patients meeting certain criteria to begin as of December 30, 2019 MIAMI, Nov. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OPKO Health, Inc. (OPK) today announced that Novitas Solutions, Inc. has issued its final Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Medicare payments for the 4Kscore® test with defined coverage criteria, effective December 30, 2019.  Full text of the […]

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Novitas Issues Proposed Local Coverage Determination for the 4Kscore® Test

Proposed LCD will allow Medicare coverage within criteria for the 4Kscore® Test MIAMI, June 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OPKO Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPK) today announced that Novitas Solutions, Inc. has issued a new proposed local coverage determination (LCD) for the 4Kscore® test, with defined coverage criteria.  Under the LCD, Medicare will reimburse the test for patients who […]