Purpose
- The Increasing Community Access to Testing (ICATT) program has expanded into the Increasing Community Access to Testing, Treatment and Response (ICATT) program. The ICATT program, through public-private partnerships with pharmacies, supports public health surveillance, research, prevention, and emergency responses to improve the health of under-resourced communities and populations.
Overview
Established during the Trump Administration in April 2020, the CDC Increasing Community Access to Testing, Treatment and Response (ICATT) program currently provides no-cost COVID-19 testing through CVS Health, Walgreens pharmacies, eTrueNorth subcontracted independent pharmacies, and Quest Laboratories for uninsured people who are symptomatic or exposed to COVID-19. ICATT increases community access to COVID-19 testing for the uninsured populations. Over 10,000 ICATT sites can forward samples, administer vaccines, perform testing, conduct medical assessments, and link patients to no-cost therapeutic services. Currently, the ICATT program offers respiratory disease testing, medical assessments, and linkage to no-cost COVID-19 therapeutics.
ICATT also offers surge testing to under-resourced communities to provide expanded community testing in response to respiratory disease outbreaks.
ICATT will continue to offer no-cost services to people without health insurance through May 31, 2025. This work supports public health disease surveillance and helps maintain a network of pharmacies capable of immediately responding to large scale public health emergencies. The ICATT website will provide updates regarding program activities as necessary.
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Organization
The CDC Office of Readiness and Response (ORR) exercises primary oversight and responsibility for all programs that comprise the CDC public health preparedness and response portfolio, including the ICATT program. ORR advances the national preparedness and response programs for public health emergencies and threats. It carries out its mission by emphasizing accountability through performance, promoting progress through public health science, and fostering collaboration through partnerships.
