Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a series of COVID-19 checklists and tools for states to use for their Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released frequently asked questions regarding enrollment relief for Medicare providers in light of COVID-19.
The Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization for a point-of-care COVID-19 diagnostic, which the maker plans to make available to qualified health care providers and CLIA-certified labs by March 30.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services granted a range of data reporting exceptions and extensions across its quality reporting and value-based payment programs for hospitals, post-acute care facilities and clinicians to relieve provider burden during the COVID-19 crisis.
The Department of Justice has established a website, hotline and email for reporting price gouging and fraud. The National Center for Disaster Fraud is coordinating the effort and will triage complaints to the appropriate federal and/or state authorities.
The AHA has asked the Department of Labor to accurately define “health care provider” as it promulgates regulations implementing key sections of the recently-enacted Families First Coronavirus Response Act and clarify how this policy will be operationalized, including how it interacts with state…
Hospitals and health systems need additional federal funding to combat COVID-19, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack said on CBS’ Face the Nation.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency released a COVID-19 pandemic advisory describing in general terms what actions it is taking, how community-based testing sites will be managed, and information about the Defense Production Act.
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration released updated guidance to provide flexibility and expand the availability of ventilators and other respiratory devices to treat patients during the public health emergency.
Leaders from the Senate and administration continue to negotiate a third spending package related to COVID-19.