CMS To Require Positive Coronavirus Test Results From Hospitals For Medicare’s 20% Add-On Payment
- August 27, 2020
Modern Healthcare (8/26, Bannow, Subscription Publication) reports beginning next week, CMS will require “hospitals have positive COVID-19 laboratory tests in patients’ records to qualify for Medicare’s 20% add-on payment.” The agency said the new rule aims to address “potential Medicare program integrity risks.”