Long-term care facilities soon may face longer waits for PCR test results as diagnostic laboratories reach or exceed testing capacity, lab reps say. The warning comes as U.S. COVID cases spike upward.
Among 13,000 facilities that provided their testing speed to the government, only 17% reported an average turnaround time of less than a day; and fully 29% waited three days or more on average for residents’ test results.
A new blood test that detects the presence of Alzheimer’s brain plaques on Thursday became the first to hit the commercial market on a wide scale.
Millions of COVID-19 diagnostic tests will become available this week, according to the White House and federal health agencies.
One of the nation’s largest providers of laboratory and X-ray services to skilled nursing facilities has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud.
