Sera Prognostics welcomes Illinois move to expand Medicaid coverage for preterm birth blood test

• Sera Prognostics welcomed new Illinois legislation requiring Medicaid coverage for prescribed proteomic blood tests to assess spontaneous preterm birth risk.
• The law also mandates reimbursement for related care management services or other interventions tied to improved outcomes.
• Sera highlighted its PreTRM test as the only broadly validated, commercially available blood-based test in this category.
• Illinois reported 13,042 preterm births in 2024, or about 250 per week, raising focus on earlier risk identification.
• Sera expects key implementation details, timing, and coverage parameters to be defined as the state rolls out the initiative.

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