US health insurers may balk at covering tests that look for coronavirus antibodies in some cases, arguing that employers or the government should ...
NEW YORK: US health insurers may balk at covering tests that look for coronavirus antibodies in some cases, arguing that employers or the government should foot a bill expected to run into billions of dollars.
In pushing back, health insurers draw lines between what they deem as medically necessary tests, and those done for research or return-to-work purposes. Doctors’ groups and diagnostics makers say broad serology testing is an important component of understanding COVID-19 and the level and length of immunity prior infection confers.
The US Congress passed legislation calling for health insurance coverage for COVID-19 testing to cope with a pandemic that has killed more than 115,000 people and infected over 2 million nationwide. The federal government set aside US$26 billion at the beginning of May for coronavirus testing, much of which was earmarked for government health agencies, states and research and development.
The group has 200 affiliated locations in about 15 states, including New York, Georgia and Texas, with more than 1 million patients. It is working with a physician’s group that orders both a diagnostic and serology test ahead of dental procedures. The patient then has a blood draw at the dentist's office, and returns three days later for the procedure.
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