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OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories and City of Detroit Provide Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

BioReference will offer COVID-19 testing for public drive-through facilities for Detroit residents ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company (NASDAQ: OPK), today announced a collaboration with the City of Detroit to provide coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing. BioReference will provide COVID-19 testing at drive-through locations for Detroit residents by appointment. “The impact that expanded testing will […]

South Florida Biotech Company Launches Testing for Coronavirus

South Florida Business Journal BioReference Laboratories, a subsidiary of Miami-based Opko Health (Nasdaq: OPK), has begun accepting specimen from health care providers throughout the U.S. to test whether or not their patients have COVID-19. The lab launched testing Friday, expecting to start with about 1,000 to 2,000 tests a day. BioReference expects to eventually ramp […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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BioReference Laboratories Named as Preferred Laboratory with Horizon Healthcare Services Serving Members of Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc.

MIAMI, FL NOVEMBER 8, 2018 — BioReference Laboratories, Inc. (BRL), an OPKO Health company and the third largest clinical laboratory in the United States, will remain an in-network provider with Horizon Health Services, Inc. (Horizon), New Jersey’s oldest and largest health insurer. After an extensive evaluation of its laboratory network, BRL will remain a preferred laboratory in the Horizon PPO network. The […]

OPKO Plans to Address Draft Local Coverage Determination Published by Novitas Solutions for 4Kscore Test

MIAMI, May 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OPKO Health, Inc.(Nasdaq:OPK) today announced that Novitas Solutions, Inc. issued a draft local coverage determination (LCD) for the 4Kscore test®. The draft LCD is a proposed non-coverage policy for the 4Kscore test for Medicare and, prior to its effectiveness, is subject to a public comment period ending July 5, 2018.  OPKO plans to submit comments during […]