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National coverage initiated for DNAwithPap test.
2003 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Digene Corporation (DIGE) announced that Cigna Healthcare has updated their cervical cancer screening Clinical Resource Tool to include human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in combination with a Pap test for screening women aged 30 and older as "medically necessary."
Cigna's Clinical Resource Tools are used in conjunction with the terms of the member's benefit plan to determine health care coverage for Cigna's 12 million members. In addition, Cigna covers the use of HPV testing as an adjunctive test in women with ASC-U.S. Pap smear results to identify those at highest risk for cervical cancer. Cigna's policies specifically reference the Digene DNAwithPap Test, the only FDA-approved HPV test.
This policy is consistent with both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and American Cancer Society cervical cancer screening guidelines that include recommendations for the use of high-risk HPV testing in combination with a Pap test for screening women aged 30 and older. Cigna's leadership in amending their cervical cancer screening policy to reflect the new ACOG guidelines shows their ongoing commitment to and leadership in women's health.
In addition, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has updated its HPV coverage ...
- Digene reaches reimbursement milestone of 150 M covered lives for the...
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire April 20, 2004 700+ words
...individuals now are covering Digene Corp's DNAwithPap Test for primary cervical cancer screening in conjunction with cytology for...all cases of cervical cancer, and Digene's DNAwithPap Test, when used in conjunction with cytology...
- Digene reaches reimbursement milestone of 100 M covered lives for DNAwithPap...
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire January 30, 2004 700+ words
...more than 100 M individuals now are covering the DNAwithPap Test for cervical cancer screening, signalling achievement of a key reimbursement...primary screening, including Aetna and Cigna. The DNAwithPap Test now is covered by the majority of the large...
- Digene (Gaithersburg, Maryland) said Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings...
- Newspaper article from: Diagnostics & Imaging Week August 28, 2003 700+ words
...LabCorp; Burlington, North Carolina) is now offering clients Digene's DNAwithPap Test for cervical cancer screening and cervical disease identification. The DNAwithPap Test is based on the hc2 High-Risk HPV DNA Test and is FDA-approved for...
- Digene (Gaithersburg, Maryland) said that Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings...
- Newspaper article from: The BBI Newsletter October 1, 2003 700+ words
...LabCorp; Burlington, North Carolina) is now offering clients Digene's DNAwithPap Test for cervical cancer screening and cervical disease identification. The DNAwithPap Test is based on the hc2 High-Risk HPV DNA Test and is FDA-approved for...
- Nation's largest women's health practice adopts Digene's DNAwithPap test to...
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire January 15, 2004 700+ words
...will begin offering its female patients age 30 and older the DNAwithPap Test, which detects the virus that causes cervical cancer, Digene Corp announced. The DNAwithPap Test is the only test for high-risk types of the human papillomavirus...
- The Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) laboratories have implemented Digene's...
- Newspaper article from: Diagnostics & Imaging Week November 18, 2004 700+ words
...of the human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer, with Digene's DNAwithPap Test. The Rapid Capture System enables labs to enhance their cervical cancer screening capability with high-throughput HPV testing that...
- Digene (Gaithersburg, Maryland) reported that by the spring of this year, its...
- Newspaper article from: Diagnostics & Imaging Week January 15, 2004 700+ words
...year, its DNAwithPap Test will be offered...developing cervical cancer. Although...for routine cervical cancer screening...members. The DNAwithPap Test--the only...all cases of cervical cancer. The plan...
- 100M covered lives reached for DNAwithPap test.
- Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly February 24, 2004 700+ words
...are covering the DNAwithPap Test for cervical cancer screening, Digene...testing in routine cervical cancer screening. "We...by payers of the DNAwithPap Test as an important option for routine cervical cancer screening in women...
- Milestone reached in use of DNAwithPap test.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Business Week May 24, 2004 700+ words
...s (DIGE) DNAwithPap Test for primary cervical cancer screening in...Adoption of our DNAwithPap Test for routine cervical cancer screening in...all cases of cervical cancer, and Digene's DNAwithPap Test - when used...
- EUROGIN data documents cost-effectiveness of DNAwithPap Test.
- Magazine article from: Managed Care Weekly November 22, 2004 700+ words
...DIGE) DNAwithPap Test in accordance...screen for cervical cancer. The research...with the DNAwithPap Test (in this...screening for cervical cancer at all...with the DNAwithPap Test is changing the way cervical cancer screening...
Source: HighBeam Research, National coverage initiated for DNAwithPap test.