The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides health coverage to more than 100 million people through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Health Insurance Marketplace.
The agency said it conducted surveys at multiple temporary Center for COVID Control testing sites and "the main laboratory" in November and December and found "non-compliance" with numerous standards, affecting more than 400,000 tests. The agency said it was waiting for a response from the lab to the "deficiencies" cited.
An 81-page Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report found the lab was in "immediate jeopardy." At the temporary testing sites, employees made numerous errors in administering tests, including not using a timer, not incubating samples for long enough and reading results too early, the report details.
"On direct observation, record review, lack of documentation, and interview, the laboratory failed to follow the Emergency Use Authorization for performing" at least four different coronavirus tests, according to an agency report.
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