Biodesix, Inc. Receives Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Coverage For VeriStrat Test

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BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biodesix, Inc., a fully integrated molecular diagnostics company dedicated to personalizing medicine, today announced that its VeriStrat® test received a positive coverage decision from Highmark Inc., a Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) affiliate organization and one of the largest insurance companies in the United States. Highmark announced its intention to extend coverage to the VeriStrat blood-based test to help guide second-line treatments for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who do not have an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation, or whose mutation status is unknown. Highmark has a membership of 5.3 million people, and is the fourth-largest BCBS-affiliated company.

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