US Clinical Labs To Lose Money On COVID-19 Testing Without $5Bn Set Aside In Third $1Tn Aid Bill
Executive Summary
A $5bn emergency fund reimbursing US clinical laboratories for scaling up COVID-19 testing with lab-developed tests must be part of a $1tn Senate coronavirus aid and relief package, clinical lab group ACLA says. Other provisions already included in the draft bill address stockpiling of testing swabs, liability protection for medtech firms, a requirement for device makers to report supply chain shortages, the expanded use of telehealth, and preventing durable medical equipment payment reductions.