Main Line Health Offering “Drive-Through Testing” for Coronavirus Infection

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After closing the sole federally funded COVID-19 site on Tuesday, Montgomery County is getting ready to open six more sites supported by the CARES Act. Image via The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Main Line Health, parent company of both Bryn Mawr Hospital and Lankenau Hospital, is one of the growing numbers of health systems to now offer “drive-through testing” for coronavirus infection to make the process safer and faster, and tests more available, writes Marie McCullough for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Main Line Health’s drive-through testing centers are available in Newtown Square and Radnor for patients referred by a Main Line doctor.

The tests are processed by Quest, with results usually ready in three to five days. Patients without a doctor’s referral will be unable to get tested at these locations.

To get a referral for testing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises patients with symptoms that include fever, cough, and breathing issues to alert a doctor’s office and make an appointment.

At the sites, patients’ nasal and throat swabs are collected and then shipped to a high-complexity lab that performs a molecular analysis to look for coronavirus DNA.

The cost of this testing that was a major issue for many at the start of the crisis should no longer be a barrier to getting tested, as big health insurance companies and Medicare/Medicaid have said they will cover it.

Read more about Main Line Health at The Philadelphia Inquirer by clicking here.

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