Healthcare professionals can use genetic tests to identify genetic changes that people inherit from their parents through DNA. The results of genetic tests can inform diagnoses or provide information ...

Medicare Part B covers COVID-19 tests when conducted in laboratories. Part A may cover lab tests if needed in hospital or skilled nursing facility settings. Since 2023, Medicare has no longer covered ...

Medicare Part B covers blood sugar test strips as a type of durable medical equipment (DME). After paying the annual Part B deductible, a person will only pay 20% of the cost of the test strips.

During an ICD-10 testing week in March, CMS accepted 89 percent of the more than 127,000 test ICD-10 claims sent to the agency’s Medicare fee-for-service system. All testers received an ...

Medicare fee-for-service providers, clearinghouses and billing agencies built on earlier successes during the final end-to-end testing week in July, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

In July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a six-year test of more aggressive prior authorization in Medicare’s traditional fee-for-service (FFS) program. CMS will conduct ...

People commonly use the terms STD and STI to describe health conditions that individuals can transmit through sexual activity. As some of these conditions do not produce symptoms, STI is now the ...