,The Case for Genetic Testing Oversight

The Case for Genetic Testing Oversight


 

Publication Date: August 2006

Publisher: Progress Educational Trust

Author(s): Gail H. Javitt; Kathy L. Hudson

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Government Accountability Office; Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments; Genetic testing; Oversight

Type: Other

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

While some have warned of the emergence of 'genetic exceptionalism' - the fear that genetic medicine will be treated differently than, and regulated separately from, conventional medicine - the sad reality is that genetics has been ignored by US health oversight agencies such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Rather
than receiving heightened or special attention, genetic testing has fallen between the cracks.

In BioNews, 21 August 2006.