CMS, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Thursday (July 30) announced Medicare and Medicaid will pay providers to ask that beneficiaries self-isolate as they await results of COVID-19 tests, as the agency says doing so could help cut down on additional disease transmission. “Models show that when those tested for COVID-19 are placed in isolation immediately, while waiting for test result or onset of symptoms, additional disease transmission in the community may be reduced. By having...