RGDX announces contracts with six new provider networks, bringing the total contracted membership to more than 174 mln members nationally
The new agreements include additional Blue Cross Blue Shield contracts in Arizona, Iowa, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia. The Company also signed new agreements with an Independent Physician Association (covering two states) in the North West region and a Commercial Health Plan (covering two states) in the North East region of the United States.
These partnerships mark a further step forward in Response Genetics' growing managed care contracting program. With these agreements, Response Genetics is now in-network with a total of thirteen Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans, which brings the total number of "Blues" subscribers with direct access to Response Genetics to approximately 23 million. Among Response Genetics' other Blue Cross Blue Shield contracts are Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Blue Shield of California and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (Maryland, Washington, DC and Northern Virginia).
In addition to its recently launched proprietary ResponseDX: Tissue of Origin™ diagnostic test, Response Genetics' molecular testing primarily focuses on therapy-selection for patients with lung, colon, gastric, melanoma, and thyroid cancers. Response Genetics' menu of genomic assays provides treating physicians actionable information on a patient's tumor by predicting which course of therapy will work best for that patient. In this way, Response Genetics' participation with these Blues plans should improve plan members' access to individually-tailored medicine.
