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The National Institutes of Health announced clinical trials to investigate the safety and efficacy of a synthetic antibody therapy in COVID-19 patients.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will allow health insurers to offer premium reductions for individuals with 2020 coverage in the individual and small group markets when consistent with state law, the agency announced.
The Department of Health and Human Services released specifications for reporting certain COVID-19 laboratory data as required by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
The AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow hospitals receiving periodic interim payments to carry out their accelerated payment repayment at cost settlement, as was initially communicated by the agency.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled against the Department of Labor regarding its regulations related to certain expanded paid leave authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
President Trump Aug. 3 signed an executive order on 鈥渋mproving rural health and telehealth access,鈥 with directives to: launch a new payment model for rural health care; develop and implement a strategy to improve rural health care infrastructure.
The Department of Health and Human Services updated its guidance and FAQs regarding the agency鈥檚 request for daily COVID-19-related hospital data reporting.
The FBI today alerted the private sector to a sophisticated and aggressive nation-state campaign targeting known critical and common vulnerabilities in virtual private networks, initially reported by the government last year.
The AHA issued a Regulatory Advisory with a summary of the July 31 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 final rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system for fiscal year 2021.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host webinars on crisis standards of care and COVID-19 data applications for state and local decision-making during the pandemic.