Posted on Dec 9, 2020
Sens. Warren, Smith tell Azar they discovered 'significant gaps' in Covid testing
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Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Tina Smith, D-Minn., have informed the secretary of Health and Human Services they have discovered “significant gaps in COVID-19 testing capacity.”
In a letter this week to HHS chief Alex Azar, Warren and Smith said they made the discovery after contacting five of the worlds largest Covid testing labs: Quest, BioReference, ARUP Labs, LabCorp., and Mayo Clinic.
They said the labs informed them that they experienced a “large spike in COVID-19 diagnostic testing needs” during the summer surge. The letter said the labs are also developing additional testing capacities but are still short on supplies and are experiencing “confusion about payment and reimbursement for COVID-19 diagnostic testing as a result of Congressional and Administration inaction.”
Non paywall version: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/sens-warren-smith-tell-azar-they-discovered-significant-gaps-in-covid-testing/ar-BB1bM2DW?ocid=msedgntp
In a letter this week to HHS chief Alex Azar, Warren and Smith said they made the discovery after contacting five of the worlds largest Covid testing labs: Quest, BioReference, ARUP Labs, LabCorp., and Mayo Clinic.
They said the labs informed them that they experienced a “large spike in COVID-19 diagnostic testing needs” during the summer surge. The letter said the labs are also developing additional testing capacities but are still short on supplies and are experiencing “confusion about payment and reimbursement for COVID-19 diagnostic testing as a result of Congressional and Administration inaction.”
Non paywall version: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/sens-warren-smith-tell-azar-they-discovered-significant-gaps-in-covid-testing/ar-BB1bM2DW?ocid=msedgntp
Sens. Warren, Smith tell Azar they discovered 'significant gaps' in Covid testing
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"Gaps", like the test detects latent DNA strands and antibodies in people that previously had the virus as positive tests.
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There will be gaps until post-containment (i.e. years following) status; meaning treatment + vaccination. Reason being? The codes used to report are currently based on varying rules that change daily. This has been another briefing from your civilian clinical compliance auditor. It is a daily battle to keep up with the recommendations of the CDC / WHO and also our Federal (mainly, CMS) and state guidelines for reporting. Hopefully we are leveraging all of our conglomerate databases in order to scrub our data, but again, rates of reliable reporting typically are realized years down the road. More to follow.
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