HealthLeaders Media January 24, 2022
“[W]e recognize that the Administration’s guidance takes steps to mitigate the real risks of price gouging, fraud, and abuse, which would limit access and reduce affordability for everyone.” — Matt Eyles, AHIP president and CEO
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Free OTC tests for COVID-19 are now available via a federal government’s website and the Biden administration’s payer coverage mandate.
– These options highlight both the U.S. healthcare delivery system’s efficiencies and fragmentations as insurers define their processes.
– These processes balance availability, efficiency, and risk/financial forecasting as the nation hopes to turn the corner from pandemic to endemic.
COVIDTests.gov went live on January 18: one day before its official launch and roughly one week after the Biden administration’s requirement that insurers...