Two Southern California companies are offering genetic testing services aimed at determining if a patient is susceptible to opioid drug addiction, and they’re marketing their services to the workers’ compensation industry.
San Diego-based Innovative Medical Testing was launched six months ago to offer urine drug screening and genetic testing services. So far IMT has three clients — two carriers and one self-insured employer, said IMT President Dean Clifton.
IMT performs the genetic tests on a cheek swab obtained from the claimant. The genetic tests evaluate the claimant&rsq...
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