CMS Issues Guidance on Payor Coverage of Coronavirus Testing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the US Departments of Labor and the Treasury on Saturday issued guidance requiring private health insurance to cover, at no cost, diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

The guidance covers molecular-based testing, as well as serology tests.

The guidance includes coverage for antibody-based coronavirus serology tests. While questions remain about the use of such tests for diagnosing disease, they can provide information about who has been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, even if an individual never develops any symptoms, and assessing how widespread the coronavirus is.

Source: https://www.genomeweb.com/reimbursement-news/cms-issues-guidance-payor-coverage-coronavirus-testing