Monday, December 1, 2025

Humor: When Medicare Pays for a Covid Test / Nursing Home

From time to time I have work related to Medicare's 14-day-rule, which is difficult to explain even with graphics and charts.

This looks like comparable complexity: When does Medicare pay for a nursing home Covid test?   Sit down and take your hat off, this will be a while.


See link for several pages of additional explanation.
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/covid-medicare-payment-covid-19-viral-testing-flow-chart.pdf