Senior Science Director Quest Diagnostics Chantilly, Virginia, United States
Description: This session will focus on highlighting the current cost and reimbursement challenges of implementing and clinically utilizing extended syndromic molecular panels.
Learning Objectives: 1. Understand how multiplex panels are defined technically and by payers 2. Differentiate how CPT codes, ICD-10 codes, and Z-codes are used in the billing process for multiplex panels 3. Discuss common multiplex panels that are available and appropriate stewardship interventions