title: Genetic testing, genetic medicine, and managed care.
abstract: As modern human genetics moves from the research setting to the clinical setting, it will encounter the managed care system. Issues of cost, access, and quality of care will affect the availability and nature of genetic testing, genetic counseling, and genetic therapies. This Article will explore such issues as professional education, coverage of genetic services, privacy and confidentiality, and liability. It will conclude with a series of recommendations for the practice of genetic medicine in the age of managed care.
authors.affiliation: Health Law and Policy Institute, University of Houston, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rothstein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D017007:Duty to Warn; D004501:Education, Medical; D035082:Federal Government; D020793:Gatekeeping; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D033142:Genetic Services; D005820:Genetic Testing; D005826:Genetics, Medical; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D016045:Human Genome Project; D006801:Humans; D015273:Insurance Selection Bias; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D008318:Malpractice; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States