US CMS Providing Medicaid Coverage For COVID-19 Tests, But Congressman Still Sees Gaps For Testing Working Poor

The CMS has given health care facilities a billing code for its beneficiaries’ coronavirus diagnostics – but working poor patients who have slipped through the cracks between Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage may find their “junk” plans don’t cover the test, said Rep. Richard Neal, D-MA.

“At CMS, we continue to leverage every tool at our disposal in responding to COVID-19,” said CMS Administrator Seema Verma in announcing the new billing code for use by Medicare,...