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AHA statement on initial emergency funding from CARES Act from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday released additional new waivers related to COVID-19. The waivers apply nationwide and are retroactive to March 1, 2020. Specifically, the agency provided additional waivers for clinicians that reduce supervision and other requirements鈥
The 黑料正能量 Association asks Health and Human Services to provide additional guidance and flexibility for providers caring for patients with behavioral health disorders.
The Federal Reserve today announced the terms of both expanded and new 鈥淢ain Street鈥 lending facilities that would provide loans to a variety of eligible borrowers, including borrowers that obtain loans through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) administered by the Small Business Administration鈥
AHA urged the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider at once its decision to limit participation in the COVID-19 Telehealth Program to certain nonprofit or public health care providers, noting that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act included 鈥渘o such restriction鈥 on the鈥
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has presented hospitals and health systems with the greatest public health challenge in recent history.
The FBI anticipates cyber actors will exploit increased use of virtual environments by government agencies, the private sector, private organizations, and individuals as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cyber criminals are targeting organizations that use popular cloud-based email services to conduct Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. The scams are initiated through specifically developed phish kits designed to mimic the cloud-based email services in order to compromise business email accounts鈥
The Food and Drug Administration March 22 issued an emergency use authorization for the Battelle Decontamination System for decontaminating compatible N95 and equivalent respirators for reuse by health care personnel. This AHA Coronavirus Update includes information on the Battelle Critical Care鈥