The departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury April 11 issued joint guidance implementing legislative provisions specific to COVID-19 diagnostic testing and services.

The guidance, which is in the form of FAQs, implements provisions from the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. The guidance principally implements the requirement for group health plans and group and individual health insurance (health plans) to cover both certain diagnostic testing and certain related items and services provided during a medical visit with no cost sharing.

Among other provisions, the guidance notes that diagnostic testing providers, including both hospital and commercial laboratories, must post the cash prices for their COVID-19 testing services on a public website.

Download the AHA Special Bulletin for more details.

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