The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shifted gears on its reimbursement policy for both standard and rapid HIV tests, in an attempt to catch more undiagnosed cases in vulnerable populations.
The national insurer changing a statute to make it easier for people whose behavior puts them at greater risk of contracting the virus to get annual screening.
CMS said it will now reimburse physicians for annual HIV screening for the following populations:
- Men who have had sex with men after 1975;
- Men and women having unprotected sex with multiple partners;
- Past or present injection drug users;