The Department of Managed Health Care amended regulations under 28 CCR 1300.67 to clarify when health care service plans must cover diagnostic testing for COVID-19 and specified how quickly testing must be provided for employees, and the process for reimbursement. The emergency rule will expire on January 13, 2021.
Also in California. The Public Health Director Sonia Angell abruptly resigned amid a major data glitch affecting hundreds of thousands of COVID -19 test records, which has hampered counties’ response to the virus. The California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) currently has a backlog of 250,000 to 300,000 records.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.