MDxHealth Announces New Contract with MediNcrease Health Plans Regarding ConfirmMDx and SelectMDx
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IRVINE, CA, and HERSTAL, BELGIUM - 07:00 CEST, May 2, 2017 - MDxHealth SA (Euronext:MDXH.BR) today announced that MediNcrease Health Plans, a national provider network in the US, has signed a contract to make ConfirmMDx® for Prostate Cancer and SelectMDx(TM) for Prostate Cancer available to 5.5 million covered lives through its clients and payers.
"The ongoing US adoption of ConfirmMDx and SelectMDx for Prostate Cancer reinforces the value of the tests to improve patient outcomes while reducing healthcare costs," said Dr. Jan Groen, CEO of MDxHealth.
"We are thrilled to welcome MDxHealth, a global leader in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, to the MediNcrease Provider Network," said Linda Plaster, CEO of MediNcrease Health Plans. "This exciting relationship affirms continued commitment to our specialty provider network expansion."
MediNcrease is a uniquely positioned national provider network and provider advocacy firm servicing the commercial health, workers` compensation and auto medical markets. Its advanced provider network and negotiation solutions not only help facilitate millions of dollars in expedited payments to providers each year, but also provide medical payers with dramatically improved savings and service over traditional PPO networks. For more information, visit the company`s website at http://medincrease.com.
ConfirmMDx for Prostate Cancer is the first epigenetic, and only tissue-based test in the 2016 NCCN Guidelines for early detection of prostate cancer which addresses false negative biopsy concerns. It is the only molecular diagnostic test that provides a very high negative predictive value (NPV) of 96% for clinically significant prostate cancers, and 90% NPV for all prostate cancers, as well as prostate mapping of the test results to help guide repeat biopsies. Each year, more than 1 million American men undergo an invasive prostate biopsy with a negative result, however approximately 30% of those men have prostate cancer. The current standard of care for prostate biopsy procedures samples less than 1% of the prostate, leaving men at risk for undetected cancer and leading to a high rate of repeat biopsies, even on cancer-free men. ConfirmMDx for Prostate Cancer helps urologists identify low-risk men who may forego an unnecessary repeat biopsy and high-risk men who may benefit from intervention. To date more than 3,000 urologists have ordered ConfirmMDx on more than 45,000 patients. ConfirmMDx has qualified for Medicare reimbursement and covered by numerous private health insurance plans.
Of the more than 2 million prostate biopsies performed each year in the US and Europe, less than a third find cancer. Most of these men could have avoided a painful and invasive prostate biopsy procedure, with its associated complications and costs. SelectMDx for Prostate Cancer is a proprietary urine-based, molecular diagnostic test that offers a non-invasive `liquid biopsy` method to assess a man`s risk for prostate cancer. SelectMDx helps identify men at increased risk of harboring aggressive, potentially lethal, prostate cancer who may benefit most from a prostate biopsy and earlier detection. The test delivers a negative predictive value (NPV) of 98% for clinically significant disease, helping to reduce unnecessary MRI procedures and invasive prostate biopsies by approximately 50%, thereby reducing healthcare costs.
MDxHealth is a multinational healthcare company that provides actionable molecular diagnostic information to personalize the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The company`s tests are based on proprietary gene methylation (epigenetic) and other molecular technologies and assist physicians with the diagnosis of cancer, prognosis of recurrence risk, and prediction of response to a specific therapy. For more information, visit mdxhealth.com and follow us on Twitter at: twitter.com/mdxhealth.
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