{"id":17037,"date":"2019-10-03T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/ssq-insurance-adds-pharmacogenetic-testing-to-group-benefits-136593"},"modified":"2019-10-03T16:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T20:00:27","slug":"ssq-insurance-adds-pharmacogenetic-testing-to-group-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/10\/03\/ssq-insurance-adds-pharmacogenetic-testing-to-group-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"SSQ Insurance adds pharmacogenetic testing to group benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption feature-image alignleft\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"316\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DNA-test-tube.png\" class=\"attachment-feature size-feature wp-post-image\" alt title=\"SSQ Insurance adds pharmacogenetic testing to group benefits\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\"> <span>Staff<\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;October 3, 2019 <\/p>\n<p>SSQ Life Insurance Co. Inc. is adding pharmacogenetic testing to its group insurance offering.<\/p>\n<p>Pharmacogenetic testing helps determine how a person\u2019s DNA reacts to prescription drugs, which makes it easier for doctors to choose the most effective&nbsp;medications for their patients.<\/p>\n<p>SSQ said it expects the offering will make it easier for plan members to access the best treatments and help plan sponsors keep their drug plan spending under control.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/ssq-insurance-partners-with-genetic-testing-company-115279\">SSQ Insurance partners with genetic testing company<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the treatment of disease is evolving toward personalized solutions for individual patients, pharmacogenetics is quickly becoming a must,\u201d said&nbsp;\u00c9ric Trudel, SSQ\u2019s senior vice-president of strategy and product management, in a press release. \u201cWe wanted to develop a product adapted to this reality and make it available to our customers across Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plan sponsors can choose whether to add the new offering to their group benefits program and select their reimbursement maximums. In order for plan members to be reimbursed, the test must be physician-prescribed and carried out in an authorized Canadian lab. SSQ will&nbsp;not have access to the test results, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>The new offering&nbsp;follow\u2019s SSQ\u2019s pilot project, announced in&nbsp;June 2018, to offer some plan members&nbsp;on disability leave for depression the chance to undergo pharmacogenetic testing through genetic testing company BiogeniQ Inc. The insurer said the pilot\u2019s success, combined with technological advances, allowed it to make pharmacogenetic testing available to its group insurance clients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/a-look-at-ge-canadas-experience-with-pharmacogenetic-testing-113077\">A look at one company\u2019s experience with pharmacogenetic testing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/ssq-insurance-adds-pharmacogenetic-testing-to-group-benefits-136593\">Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff&nbsp;|&nbsp;October 3, 2019 SSQ Life Insurance Co. Inc. is adding pharmacogenetic testing to its group insurance offering. Pharmacogenetic testing helps determine how a person\u2019s DNA reacts to prescription drugs, which makes it easier for&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}