Texas Insight COVID-19 Digest: May 7, 2021

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS Revises NF Guidance on Testing, Visitation and Group Activities. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has revised Quality Safety & Oversight Memos QSO-20-38-NH (PDF) and QSO-20-39-NH (PDF). The revised memos provide updated guidance on testing, visitation and communal activities based on CDC guidance and vaccination status. CMS Increases Medicare Payment for COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Infusions. As part of the ongoing response to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has increased the Medicare payment rate for administering monoclonal antibodies to treat beneficiaries with COVID-19, continuing coverage under the Medicare Part B COVID-19 vaccine benefit. Beneficiaries pay nothing out of pocket, regardless of where the service is furnished – including in a physician’s office, healthcare facility or at home. Effective today, the national average payment r