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New York Biomarker Testing Campaign
Welcome! Precision medicine is changing the way we treat cancer. Biomarker testing is the key to unlocking access to these personalized treatments. ACS CAN and partners are working together to make sure more New Yorkers have access to the right medicine at the right time. Ask Governor Hochul to Sign the New York Biomarker Bill Without Delay Please send a message to Governor Hochul today and implore her to sign our bill the minute it hits her desk! New ...
Final NYS Budget Preserves Biomarker Testing Access
After months of debate, state lawmakers have finalized New York’s state budget, opting to preserve access to biomarker testing for Medicaid enrollees. The adopted budget changed language in the historic biomarker testing law, initially passed in 2023, to clarify biomarker testing is covered when it is medically necessary. The law will retain ...
Preserve Medicaid Patient Access To Biomarker Testing
Reject Governor Hochul's proposal to roll back important Medicaid coverage for biomarker testing. State lawmakers must reject Governor Hochul’s proposed rollback of biomarker testing access for Medicaid patients. Biomarker testing saves lives and reduces long-term health care spending. The 2023 law, passed with ...
Preserve Medicaid patients’ access to biomarker testing
The governor’s budget proposes rolling back important Medicaid coverage for biomarker testing – which is key to matching some patients with the most effective treatment for cancer and other diseases. Please send a message to your lawmakers today and ask them to save this important coverage. 0 Preserve Medicaid patients’ access to biomarker testing ...
Biomarker Testing Is The Key To Precision Medicine
Precision medicine is changing the way we treat cancer and biomarker testing is the key to opening the door to the types of personalized cancer treatments that can improve survival rates and quality of life. A.1673 and S.1196 requires all state-regulated insurance plans, including Medicaid, to cover biomarker testing when medically appropriate. Read other patients who have benefited from biomarker testing in the New York Biomarker Testing ...
New York State Senate Votes to Remove Barriers to Biomarker Testing
ALBANY, NY – JUNE 5, 2023 – This afternoon, the New York State Senate passed legislation that would ensure biomarker testing is covered by more insurance plans, including Medicaid, when patients need it. This legislative victory came several hours after the ... Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) hosted cancer patients and survivors at the Capitol to honor National Cancer Survivors Day. Biomarker testing has revolutionized cancer treatment over the last few decades and is increasingly important in the treatment of other conditions, ...
Health Care Providers Call on Governor Hochul to Sign Biomarker Testing Bill without Delay
... gathered today at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute to call on Governor Kathy Hochul to prioritize health equity by improving access to biomarker testing and signing Senate Bill 1196a / Assembly Bill 1673a into law. Senate Bill 1196a / Assembly Bill 1673a seeks to ensure comprehensive biomarker testing is covered by all state-regulated health plans, including Medicaid, when medically appropriate. The bill passed the Legislature ...
Send a message to your lawmakers and ask them to preserve Medicaid biomarker testing coverage.
Please send a message to Governor Hochul and your state lawmakers today and urge them to stand with patients and preserve Medicaid access to biomarker testing in the final state budget. You can read real stories of patients benefiting from biomarker testing here. 0 Send a message to your lawmakers and ask them to preserve Medicaid biomarker testing coverage. ...
100 organizations call for state legislature to preserve Medicaid patient access to biomarker testing
... and Assembly Speaker Heastie signed by 100 organizations calling for the New York State Legislature to preserve Medicaid patient access to biomarker testing by rejecting the proposed rollback of coverage criteria included in the 2026-27 Executive Budget. Read the letter here. Signers of the ... Lung Association American Parkinson's Disease Association American Society of Pharmacovigilance Arthritis Foundation Autoimmune Association Biomarker Collaborative Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester Cactus Cancer Society Cancer Support Community Cancer Support Team Cancer Care Center ...
Oncologists to Visit New York State Capitol & Urge Legislators to Improve Access to Biomarker Testing
... and cancer survivors from across New York will gather at the Capitol building on Wednesday, May 17 to answer lawmakers’ questions about biomarker testing and ask for their support of Senate Bill 1196 / Assembly Bill 1673, which aim to improve New Yorkers’ access to biomarker testing – a tool that opens the door to precision medicine. WHAT: Improving Access to Biomarker Testing: Opportunity to ...