CEO SUMMARY: Starting Jan. 1, CMS will lower the COVID-19 test payment to $75 when labs with “high-throughput systems” report a COVID-19 test result after 48 hours. This is the federal government working at cross purposes, since other federal agencies are diverting COVID-19 testing supplies from labs. This penalizes a lab that accepts COVID-19 specimens believing it has the supplies needed […]
Medicare to Cut Payment for COVID Tests Starting Jan. 1
Clinical labs with high-throughput analyzers will be paid $75 for tests reported after 48 hours
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XXVII, No. 15 - October 26, 2020 Issue
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