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Payer Coverage for Hereditary Cancer Panels: Barriers, Opportunities, and
Implications for the Precision Medicine Initiative
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Trosman JR
; Weldon CB
; Douglas MP
; Kurian AW
; Kelley RK
; Deverka PA
; Phillips KA
J Natl Compr Canc Netw
2017[Feb]; 15
(2
): 219-228
PMID28188191
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Background: Hereditary cancer panels (HCPs), testing for multiple genes and
syndromes, are rapidly transforming cancer risk assessment but are controversial
and lack formal insurance coverage. We aimed to identify payers' perspectives on
barriers to HCP coverage and opportunities to address them. Comprehensive cancer
risk assessment is highly relevant to the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI),
and payers' considerations could inform PMI's efforts. We describe our findings
and discuss them in the context of PMI priorities. Methods: We conducted
semi-structured interviews with 11 major US payers, covering >160 million lives.
We used the framework approach of qualitative research to design, conduct, and
analyze interviews, and used simple frequencies to further describe findings.
Results: Barriers to HCP coverage included poor fit with coverage frameworks
(100%); insufficient evidence (100%); departure from pedigree/family
history-based testing toward genetic screening (91%); lacking rigor in the HCP
hybrid research/clinical setting (82%); and patient transparency and involvement
concerns (82%). Addressing barriers requires refining HCP-indicated populations
(82%); developing evidence of actionability (82%) and pathogenicity/penetrance
(64%); creating infrastructure and standards for informing and recontacting
patients (45%); separating research from clinical use in the hybrid
clinical-research setting (44%); and adjusting coverage frameworks (18%).
Conclusions: Leveraging opportunities suggested by payers to address HCP coverage
barriers is essential to ensure patients' access to evolving HCPs. Our findings
inform 3 areas of the PMI: addressing insurance coverage to secure access to
future PMI discoveries; incorporating payers' evidentiary requirements into PMI's
research agenda; and leveraging payers' recommendations and experience to keep
patients informed and involved.