Genetic Test Utilization Management Case Studies
Speaker:
Shannon Stasi, MS, LCGC; Cheryl Hess, MS, CGC; Jessie Conta, MS, LCGC
Contact Hours:
1.0
Date:
April 11, 2025 - March 31, 2027
Description:
Ensuring appropriate laboratory test utilization is imperative but challenging, especially given the rapid increase in the number of available genetic tests, increasing number of laboratories, variable costs for comparable assays, and the need for clarity concerning medical necessity. This webinar will describe a series of successful test utilization interventions, with associated results. Case studies from various institutions will demonstrate how these approaches can prevent errors, ensure appropriate test utilization, optimize test and laboratory selection, and ultimately improve the value of lab testing for patients, providers, institutions and payers.
Learning Objectives:
- Review areas of potential errors and waste with test orders, especially expensive and complex genetic test orders
- Identify practical tactics regarding how, when, and where to intervene in the test ordering process.
- Understand the value of data and analytics in driving Utilization Management (UM) success.Summarize the results of effective UM initiatives