Marcia Eisenberg on testing access
From LabCorp's Marcia Eisenberg on new testing for coronavirus patients · · CNBCTelevision
“Right — they can't walk into a LabCorp patient center and do it there.”
On , Marcia Eisenberg, Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President at Laboratory Corporation of Amerc Holdings, spoke about testing access during LabCorp's Marcia Eisenberg on new testing for coronavirus patients on CNBCTelevision.
About Marcia Eisenberg
In March 2020, Marcia Eisenberg, chief scientific officer and senior vice president at Labcorp, discussed the company's new test for the coronavirus on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street." She stated that Labcorp began receiving samples on the Thursday prior to the interview and had begun reporting results. Eisenberg said the company had capacity for "several thousand a day" and was working "almost around the clock" to increase that capacity over the following weeks. Eisenberg explained that samples—oral and nasal swabs—must be collected at a physician's office, not at a Labcorp patient center. She noted that as a national provider, Labcorp could receive samples from all states, regardless of geographic hot spots. She described the turnaround time as "up to three to four days" and said the company was still awaiting final pricing from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA).