US CMS Providing Medicaid Coverage For COVID-19 Tests, But Congressman Still Sees Gaps For Testing Working Poor
Executive Summary
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created a new billing code to help diagnose coronavirus in its beneficiaries on 5 March, as well as fact sheets on medical care and transport of COVID-19 patients, but patients who get their health care through low-cost insurance plans may not be able to afford the testing, said a House Committee chairman.
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