COVID-19 Testing Requirements
Do I need to get tested for COVID-19?
The short answer? Yes.
While there is no official regulation for COVID-19 testing at the federal level, states have begun to release minimum baseline testing requirements for nursing home staff. At IntelyCare, we believe all states will soon mandate that all healthcare professionals are tested for COVID-19 on a regular basis.
We urge IntelyPros to receive a COVID-19 baseline test based on your state’s guidelines and upload those results to your IntelyCare profile. State-specific guidelines can be found here.
IntelyCare will not pay or reimburse for testing – however, most testing locations are offering the service to healthcare professionals for free.
How to Locate a COVID-19 Test
CVS and Rite Aid have both helped make free COVID-19 testing accessible.
To find CVS locations offering baseline testing, click here.
To find Rite Aid locations offering baseline testing, click here.
We also encourage you to contact your local or state health department to seek availability of tests. States with statewide orders to test may have preferred vendors or specific guidance on testing protocols.
How Do I Upload My COVID-19 Test Results?
State Specific COVID-19 Testing Information
Click on your state to navigate to state-specific guidelines.
New Jersey
New Jersey’s Health Commissioner signed an Executive Directive requiring that all staff and residents at long-term care facilities be provided COVID-19 baseline testing.
As a healthcare worker in this state, it is important that you receive this testing ASAP and upload the test results to your IntelyCare profile.
If you do not receive the test and upload your results, nursing facilities reserve the right to refuse your care at their facility.
Rite Aid, CVS, and Walmart all have testing locations.
Click here for CVS or Rite Aid locations. Click here for Walmart testing locations.
Click here for instructions to upload your results.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts DPH and MassHealth’s put out a memorandum that requires all long term care settings to conduct new baseline testing of staff no later than July 19, 2020.
As a healthcare worker in this state, it is important that you receive this testing ASAP and upload the test results to your IntelyCare profile.
If you do not receive the test and upload your results, nursing facilities reserve the right to refuse your care at their facility.
Rite Aid and CVS both have testing locations. Click here for CVS or Rite Aid locations. Here is a full list of testing locations in Massachusetts.
Click here for instructions to upload your results.
Days until new MA COVID-19 Guidelines go into effect:
Florida
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration has released an emergency rule applying to all nursing homes in Florida that requires all staff to have completed a baseline COVID test by July 7, 2020.
As a healthcare worker in this state, it is important that you receive this testing IMMEDIATELY and upload the test results to your IntelyCare profile.
If you do not receive the test and upload your results, nursing facilities reserve the right to refuse your care at their facility.
CVS and Rite Aid both have testing locations. Click here for CVS or Rite Aid locations.
Click here for instructions to upload your results.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s Agency for Health Care Administration has released an emergency rule applying to all skilled nursing homes in Pennsylvania that requires all staff to have completed a baseline COVID test by July 24, 2020.
As a healthcare worker in this state, it is important that you receive this testing ASAP and upload the test results to your IntelyCare profile.
If you do not receive the test and upload your results, nursing facilities reserve the right to refuse your care at their facility.
In the event that you are still waiting on your test results, please upload a receipt from of your test to your app.
Rite Aid and CVS have testing locations. Click here to locate them.
Click here for instructions to upload your results.