Congressional Black Caucus Letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
On Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Steven Horsford sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure expressing “urgent concern about a Medicare policy change made in March of this year by a private Medicare contractor program, the Molecular Diagnostic Services Program (MolDX).”
Rep. Horsford further stated that, “As a result of this change, thousands of Black and Brown individuals covered by Medicare who have received an organ transplant but are not currently having clinical signs of rejection are no longer able to regularly access a non-invasive blood test able to detect rejection months in advance.”