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Exagen Inc. AVISE Testing Now Covered and In-Network with TRICARE East
AVISE Tests Now Available to 6 Million Humana Military Beneficiaries SAN DIEGO, July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Exagen Inc. (Nasdaq: XGN), an organization
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[{"type":"text","content":"AVISE Tests Now Available to 6 Million Humana Military Beneficiaries\nSAN DIEGO, July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Exagen Inc. (Nasdaq: XGN), an organization dedicated to transforming the care continuum for patients suffering from autoimmune diseases, today announced that all AVISE test offerings (CTD, Lupus, SLE Prognostic, SLE Monitor, APS, MTX and HCQ) will be a contracted covered service with TRICARE East managed care support contractor Humana Military to optimize the care of these patients. The agreement will make AVISE tests available to approximately 6 million beneficiaries.\n “We are proud to support the TRICARE East beneficiaries, enabling rheumatologists to improve patient care through the differential diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of complex autoimmune diseases, including SLE,” said Ron Rocca, President and CEO of Exagen. “Lupus, which is two to three times more prevalent among women of color than among Caucasian women, is an unpredictable and misunderstood disease that ravages different parts of the body. It is difficult to diagnose, hard to live with, a challenge to treat, and can be fatal.” “We are pleased to offer Exagen as an in-network provider for TRICARE East beneficiaries,” said Brent Densford, President of Humana Military. About Exagen Inc. Exagen is dedicated to transforming the care continuum for patients suffering from debilitating and chronic autoimmune diseases by enabling timely differential diagnosis and optimizing therapeutic intervention. Exagen has developed and is commercializing a portfolio of innovative testing products under its AVISE brand, several of which are based on our proprietary Cell-Bound Complement Activation Products, or CB-CAPs, technology. Exagen’s goal is to enable rheumatologists to improve care for patients through the differential diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of complex autoimmune and autoimmune related diseases, including SLE and rheumatoid arthritis. For further information please visit www.exagen.com. About TRICARE TRICARE is the health care program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families around the world. TRICARE provides comprehensive coverage to all 9.5M beneficiaries, including: Health plans, Special programs, Prescriptions, Dental plans, Most TRICARE health plans meet the requirements for minimum essential coverage under the Affordable C...