Easy Access to Low-Cost Healthcare – For All.
Easy Access to Low-Cost Healthcare – For All.
Nomi Health is committed to ensuring that low-income communities continue to have access to COVID testing at no cost.
If not us, who?
“As we live with new COVID variants, Nomi Health is committed to ensuring that low-income communities have access to testing at no cost.”
Who We Are
During the pandemic, Nomi Health partnered with federal, state and local governments to perform COVID tests at no cost for millions of uninsured Americans.
While the pandemic has shifted to a new phase, uninsured Americans still need access to COVID testing at no cost to reduce the strain on our overburdened healthcare system and to keep American workers producing which will keep our economy moving and help tackle inflation.
But no cost COVID testing could soon end. At the height of the pandemic, Congress funded HRSA’s COVID-19 Uninsured Program that provided no cost COVID testing for uninsured Americans. That funding is running out. The consequences could be significant.
Did You Know?
A 2021 study found that delays in COVID-19 testing for uninsured Americans results in an additional two to three days in the hospital before being discharged – a price these patients and our economy cannot afford. A recent National Bureau of Economic Research study found that states that took a balanced approach between closing businesses and schools and minimizing the economic impact of these actions fared better than those that relied heavily on lockdowns and closures – and COVID testing play an important part in this success.
Despite White House claims that “the fiscal, macroeconomic, and health benefits of rapid SARS-coV-2 screening testing programs far exceed their costs,” the Biden administration and Congress have still failed to provide new funding for the additional COVID testing that is needed to prepare our nation for its post-pandemic needs.
We won’t abandon the millions of uninsured Americans while we wait for President Biden and Congress to act.
Nomi Health is committed to ensuring that low-income communities continue to have access to COVID testing at no cost until federal funding is restored.
We Bring Care to People – Not the Other Way Around
Nomi Health is committed to providing easy access to low-cost healthcare for all. And we believe we need to rebuild — not renovate — the healthcare system in order to achieve this. That’s why we’re connecting buyers, providers and members directly and enabling them to purchase, pay for and deliver care in real-time. In doing so, we can cut healthcare costs by 30%.
What They Are Saying
“Nomi Health has been a tremendous partner with the State. In a time of emergency and uncertainty, @nomihealth helped us successfully launch TestNebraska to provide quick, affordable COVID testing to more than one million Nebraskans.”
– Pete Rickets, Nebraska Governor
“Nomi has advanced the approach to community health here in our backyard, and we’re looking forward to dynamic discussions in the week ahead celebrating Utah’s role in innovation across industries.”
– Clint Bet, CEO and President, Silicon Slopes
“Nomi is a valued partner whose contribution will ease the burden of pre-existing debts for thousands of people and is also working to make the system itself more equitable, a goal we can get behind.”
– Allison Sesso, Executive Director, RIP Medical Debt
“What Nomi Health is doing here is nothing short of spectacular.”
– Sam Brock, Miami Correspondent, NBC and MSNBC
Nomi Health by the Numbers
11M+
patients tested
150k+
COVID-19 tests delivered each day during major surges
55%
of Nomi Health patients live in counties where 15% of citizens have no health coverage
44%
of Nomi Health Patients live in counties where the poverty rate is 15% or higher
15
states we’ve worked across in more than 1,000 communities
30%
we lowered healthcare costs by almost 30% for public and private sector healthcare buyers
Serving the Underserved
Eliminating inconvenience as a barrier by providing COVID testing at: Airports, jails and prisons, detention facilities, inpatient treatment centers, farm and migrant communities, manufacturing plants and factories, rail yards and truck stops.
Bringing care directly to those who lack access due to: Cost, transportation and work limitations, natural disaster impacts, legal status, incarceration status and privacy concerns.
Closing accessibility gaps by: Meeting language needs (i.e. Creole, Spanish, Swahili), going door-to-door to drive engagement, focusing on cultural sensitivities and barriers, and driving education.
What We’re Asking of Congress
- Pass a supplemental bill that includes $1.5 billion for HRSA programs for the un- and under-insured. Funding the Uninsured Program via supplemental appropriations provides access to free COVID testing for our nation’s most at-risk populations to reduce the strain on our overburdened healthcare system and to keep Americans working.
- Lower the Medicare reimbursement rate for out-of-network COVID tests to $100. Doing so will reduce insurance company costs by 30 to 50 percent, eliminate bad actors from the market, and improve the program’s long-term viability.
- Adjust the HRSA testing reimbursement rate to $75 for PCR, $50 for antigen and $23 for administration. These adjustments guarantee that the additional $1.5 billion in supplemental funding goes further.
- Provide sufficient funding for fraud, waste and abuse (FWA) oversight programs. Nomi Health believes in transparency and accountability and we take steps to ensure that we are good stewards of public funds by implementing internal FWA oversight. We believe all Uninsured Program utilizers should do the same.
- Require the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to enforce current guidelines on how insurance companies pay for COVID-19 testing by paying or billing testing providers – not patients.