The Cologuard Plus test is being offered as an in-network service to eligible Humana Medicare Advantage members.

Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced an expanded ...

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana contracted with Madison, Wis.-based Exact Sciences Corp. to cover Cologuard — a colon cancer test — as an in-network service for its members. Effective Jan. 1 ...

Madison, Wis.-based Exact Sciences Corp. agreed to a contract with Louisville, Ky.-based Humana to cover its Cologuard colon cancer screening test as an in-network service.

Cologuard Plus is a more sensitive version of the original Cologuard that was first approved in 2014. The test is for people 45 and older who are at average risk of colorectal cancer, meaning ...

The updated Cologuard Plus test also has reported a higher specificity of 94 percent. That means it is also very good at identifying who doesn’t have colorectal cancer. The original Cologuard ...

Exact Sciences said the original Cologuard test will still be available during a transition period, while the company works to gather coverage from commercial payers. On the company’s last ...

Cologuard is a non-invasive test for colon cancer that you can perform in the comfort of your own home. It checks for evidence of cancer in a small sample of stool (poop) that you mail to a lab.