| Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT), a molecular diagnostics company pioneering the field of molecular cytology, today announced that Cigna, one of the nation’s leading providers of health insurance, has issued a positive coverage policy for the company’s Afirma Gene Expression Classifier (GEC). The new policy applies to approximately 13 million of Cigna’s medical customers and is effective immediately. The Afirma GEC is used to help patients avoid unnecessary surgery as part of thyroid cancer diagnosis and to reduce healthcare costs. Cigna joins Aetna, Humana, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare and other commercial payers in covering Afirma, collectively representing over 115 million covered lives. ... |