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Advocates Ask Medicare To Reverse Transplant Patient Test Payment Policy

 
• By Elizabeth Orr

A recent Capitol Hill event drew speakers such as Newt Gingrich, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and musician Al B. Sure to protest a Medicare contractor’s decision to restrict coverage of blood tests used to detect early signs of rejection or organ damage in transplant patients.

Activists gather at the Capitol ahead of a rally for transplant patient advocacy group Honor the Gift.
• Source: Honor the Gift

It might seem that few causes could attract advocates as disparate as Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, civil rights activist Al Sharpton and new jack swing legend Al B. Sure.

One of the few is organ transplant, as the four were among the speakers at a 5 December rally to encourage Medicare to cover blood tests that detect early signs...

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