One month after the deconfinement, where is the reimbursement of serological tests? These tests, intended to detect possible immunity to the coronavirus - and not to know if a person is in the acute phase of the disease - are now available. But are they covered by Social Security or mutuals? Lawyer Roland Perez takes stock.
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Management provided that the test is prescribed
100% support for these tests, which indicate whether or not a person has been confronted with the virus, has been planned since March 28. But for this there is a major condition: that they are prescribed by a doctor. This means that if a patient comes without a prescription to a laboratory, the blood test will be done at his expense - if the laboratory agrees to perform the test without a prescription.
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To initiate reimbursement, the Ministry of Health also requires that the patient has presented at least one of the symptoms listed, the posterior confirmation of the infection making it possible to guard against future complications. Otherwise, it is possible that a doctor refuses to prescribe it and in this case, the test will remain the responsibility of the patient.
Prescriptions to reassure patients
But in practice, the general practitioner often accepts that the blood test can be done to, in a way, reassure the patient and above all, for some, to go to see relatives considered as vulnerable, even if it is still necessary to stay very vigilant.