If I were in charge every testing site would have monoclonal available. At this tome you have to get to an infusion center. Within 10 days is at prom onset.
I would also widely distributed the monoclonal to primary care physician offices and revise CPT codes to those doctors to allow reimbursement for the infusion procedure. Every doctors office has an MA or RN that could start an IV. Reimburse them for it.
What difference does it make if one or 15 centers get reimbursement. It’s just the patients would be more diluted through the system but the overall savings to health care would be enormous.
The issue currently issue is that we have monoclonals languishing on the shelf. It has not been well promoted. If the antivaxxer crowd really wanted to make inroads into the EUA which requires an efficacious treatment then they would be screaming at the top of their lungs for widespread distribution of these on target therapeutics instead of the weak ivermectin and discredited HCQ therapies.
The problem is the distribution and paperwork to get people to these therapies. As on anything reduce the bureaucracy and improve the delivery to the patient.
RE: If I were in charge every testing site would have monoclonal available. At this tome you have to get to an infusion center. Within 10 days is at prom onset.
There is also the issue of COST.
Do you propose to make this FREE for everyone (Subsidized by government like they do the vaccines )?
Thanks.
I think we should take a holiday and out the experts in free republic i. charge of treatment. They can report for duty to the ICU near them and assume care for the patients. Since they will have them all cured in days and no one else will ever get sick with covid again under their care we can take a nice long summer vacation