CMS to pay less for Covid-19 test results that take longer than two days
Starting in January, Medicare will pay $75 for tests that take longer than two days to deliver results. It currently pays $100 for each high-throughput Covid-19 test.
Starting in January, Medicare will pay $75 for tests that take longer than two days to deliver results. It currently pays $100 for each high-throughput Covid-19 test.
Direct-to-consumer medical testing has a rocky past, but healthcare is changing, deductibles are going up, and the patient is becoming more and more empowered. Quest Diagnostics thinks it's now worth a shot.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.