Avalon Healthcare Solutions to Team with Sentara Health Plans to Offer Genetic Testing Management | PR Newswire [Video]

Insurer and lab benefits manager broadens programs to benefit members and providers

, /PRNewswire/ — Avalon Healthcare Solutions, the world’s first Lab Insights company, is pleased to announce the expansion of its partnership with Sentara Health Plans with the implementation of Genetic Testing Management (GTM).

Sentara Health Plans is part of Sentara Health, an integrated and not-for-profit healthcare delivery system based in Virginia. Sentara Health Plans provides coverage for nearly one million members in Virginia and Florida and has worked with Avalon since 2021.

This expanded collaboration with GTM will incorporate a suite of services to ensure members receive the appropriate tests at the optimal times, guided by evidence-based test policies developed with an independent clinical advisory board. These services aim to mitigate testing overuse, misuse, and underuse, thus providing valuable insights into patient care.

Given the rapid growth and importance of genetic testing in personalized medicine—marked by over 175,000 tests on …