Medicare Part B covers the SARS-CoV-2 antibody test. As long as a Medicare-enrolled doctor orders it, people with this coverage pay nothing for the test other than their monthly premium. Once someone ...

CMS released a guidance April 11 that outlines the Trump administration’s new COVID-19 coverage requirements for private health plans. 1. In March, several national insurers committed to paying for ...

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A cheap 5-minute test can accurately determine whether you have had covid-19 in the past or determine whether you have protection from a vaccine by detecting antibodies in blood or saliva. When a ...

Robust and widespread antibody testing has emerged as a key strategy in the fight against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientists have now developed a rapid, reliable ...

During the continued progression of the Corona pandemic, rapid, inexpensive, and reliable tests will become increasingly important to determine whether people have the associated antibodies - either ...

Governments around the world and throughout the United States are beginning to “reopen their economies” in stages. Some have been considering the use of serologic antibody testing to screen for ...

Medicare beneficiaries won't have to pay out-of-pocket for monoclonal antibody treatments of COVID-19 for the duration of the public health emergency, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid announced ...

A robust, low-cost imaging platform utilizing lab-on-a-chip technology created by University of California, Irvine scientists may be available for rapid coronavirus diagnostic and antibody testing ...

Dr. Zachary Sussman thought that by getting a COVID-19 antibody test at a facility under the hospital chain he worked for, he might be spared of the expenses. He was wrong. Physician Premier ER, ...

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