On July 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that new procedure codes are being implemented to allow Medicare to identify the use of the therapeutics remdesivir and convalescent plasma for treating hospital in-patients with COVID-19. These codes will be effective August 1, 2020 and are intended to assist tracking and research efforts of the effectiveness of these treatments. Instructions on these new codes are available here.