Medicare will cover the  lab tests for COVID-19 and you will pay no out-of-pocket costs. Medicare will also cover all  medically necessary hospitalizations . This will include, if you're diagnosed with COVID-19 and might otherwise have been discharged from the hospital after an inpatient stay, but instead, you need to stay in the hospital under quarantine.  If a vaccine for COVID becomes available , it will be covered by all  Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Part D) . If you have a  Medicare Advantage Plan , you have access to these Medicare covers related needs. Medicare will also allow these plans to waive cost-sharing for COVID-19 lab tests. Medicare is also responsible for developing and enforcing the essential health and safety requirements that health care providers must meet on a daily basis in response to coronavirus. This includes; Taking aggressive actions and exercising regulatory flexibilities to help healthcare ...

Medicaid State Plan Fee-for-Service Payments for Services Delivered Via Telehealth  This document is intended to assist states in understanding policy options for paying Medicaid providers that use telehealth technology to deliver services. The overview and sample state plan language apply to Medicaid fee-for-service payments and additional considerations may be warranted for states interested in offering telehealth within other delivery systems. CMS encourages states to consider telehealth options as flexibility in combating the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing access to care. Overview of Fee-for-Service Telehealth  States are encouraged to facilitate clinically appropriate care within the Medicaid program using telehealth technology to deliver services covered under the State plan.  States have a great deal of flexibility with respect to covering Medicaid services provided via telehealth. States are not required to submit a State plan amendmen...