Trump Administration To Offer “Point Of Care” Coronavirus Testing At Nursing Homes, Verma Says
- July 15, 2020
Bloomberg Law (7/14, Shankar, Subscription Publication) reports, “The Trump administration plans to offer ‘point of care [coronavirus] testing’ at nursing homes across the country, Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, [said] during a press conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.” A “‘rapid on the spot, 20 tests per hour’ device will initially be given to 2,000 nursing homes, says Admiral Brett Giroir, assistant secretary at the Health and Human Services Department.”