Covid Test or Self-Quarantine Urged Before Non-Emergency Surgery

The Trump administration is recommending health-care facilities provide non-emergency care in areas of the country that are in the second phase of their reopening plans.

Its recommendations were published Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and focus on getting care for patients without access to telehealth, with serious underlying health conditions, or those at risk from complications without in-person care.

The CMS also is recommending that patients who are undergoing a procedure or operation, including people giving birth, need to be tested for the coronavirus 24 hours before the procedure or should self-quarantine for 14 days ahead ...