Medicare lab spending totaled $8.4 billion in 2024, up 5 percent year over year, with $3.6 billion of that spent on genetic testing, an increase of 20 percent over 2023.

DENVER, Colo. (KFSN) -- You've probably heard of companies like ancestry.com or 23-and-me that offer at-home genetic testing. They are just two of more than 11,000 labs in the u-s that offer this. The ...

A Jan. 28 report on Medicare spending on lab tests indicated that spending on many types of tests flattened between 2022 and 2024, but spending on genetic tests rose 20% between 2023 and 2024 to $3.6 ...

Seven executives of a genetic testing company were recently indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver of fraudulently receiving $40 million from state and federal healthcare systems. The seven ...

Genetic testing is a process that can help individuals who have concerns about their genetic background. The following are frequently asked questions about genetic testing: Are personality and ...