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[DewDiligence]

[OT/Cologuard]—...not covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield in Massachusetts.

My MD’s practice takes its cues on all procurement matters from Partners Healthcare; since Partners uses FIT rather than Cologuard, my MD won’t order Cologuard even for patients who are willing to pay out of pocket. Due to the Partners relationship, my MD’s practice is likewise inflexible regarding such matters as flu shots—e.g. they carry only the trivalent rather than the quadravalent vaccine.

Although my MD has not disclosed it, I’m pretty sure the MD practice has been acquired by Partners, and hence all of the practice’s doctors and nurses are now Partners employees. Until I figured this out, I couldn’t understand why the practice was unwilling to order the highest-quality diagnostics and vaccines.