FAST / Test Before Treatment

Oncology · Access gap · Utilization gap · Initiative: FAST

A FAST campaign · November 2026 to March 2027

Test Before Treatment.

A clinician-led campaign on what happens after biomarker testing is covered, so more patients get tested and their results inform treatment decisions. It opens November 19 with From Coverage to Care: A Tennessee Spotlight, and builds to Biomarker Testing Awareness Month in March.

What's changing in care

Covered isn't the same as tested.

Tennessee's biomarker testing coverage took effect on January 1. Coverage is the start, not the finish: patients still face gaps in ordering, results and follow-through before testing informs a treatment decision.

This campaign brings clinicians, health systems, employers and advocates together around what it takes to close those gaps.

What's in it

The program, from November to March.

• NOV19
  From Coverage to Care: A Tennessee Spotlight

  Webinar with Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD, of West Cancer Center, and other leaders in cancer care. Thursday, November 19, 1:00 PM CT.

  Event detailsRegister on Zoom
• WINTER2026
  January 1 Isn't the Finish Line

  Access and utilization gaps in genomic testing in Tennessee. Coming soon.
• MAR2027
  Biomarker Testing Awareness Month

  The campaign capstone. The national awareness month, with its own site.

Stay in the loop

Follow Test Before Treatment.

Get each chapter as it's announced, from the November 19 webinar to Biomarker Testing Awareness Month. See our Privacy Policy.

Who's involved

Clinician-led, locally convened.

Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD

West Cancer Center

MACC

Memphis Area Cancer Consortium, presenting

Speakers for each chapter are listed on its event page.

AHIS selects all speakers and content. Featured clinicians and speakers disclose relevant relationships.

Sponsors

Sponsor Test Before Treatment.

Sponsors fund the campaign's promotion and content, from webinars to toolkits to Biomarker Testing Awareness Month. Sponsors are named publicly. They can share priorities through our Sponsor Advisory Council, which is advisory only. AHIS selects all speakers and content.

Join the campaign.

Join the November 19 webinar, follow the campaign, or sponsor it.