COVID-19: CDC, FDA and CMS Guidance
This page includes AHA Today stories and other AHA content on coronavirus COVID-19 guidance from the CDC, FDA, and CMS.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released guidance clarifying federal requirements for health plans to cover certain items and services related to diagnostic testing for COVID-19 without cost-sharing, prior authorization or other medical management requirements.
The Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee recommended the approval of Johnson & Johnson鈥檚 COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will apply an automatic extreme and uncontrollable circumstances policy to all clinicians participating as individuals in the Quality Payment Program鈥檚 Merit-based Incentive Payment System for the 2020鈥
The Food and Drug Administration will allow undiluted frozen vials of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be transported and stored at conventional pharmaceutical freezer temperatures (-13掳F to 5掳F) for up to two weeks as an alternative to its preferred storage at -112 F to -76潞F, the agency announced鈥
The Food and Drug Administration's Office of Minority Health and Health Equity released two videos on COVID-19 vaccines and the importance of communities of color who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 getting vaccinated to protect themselves and loved ones from the virus.
The AHA has received $6 million in grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to promote clinician and public confidence in COVID-19 vaccines, and help train current and future health care personnel to prevent and control infectious disease.
Data submitted to the Food and Drug Administration confirms that Johnson & Johnson鈥檚 COVID-19 vaccine candidate is safe and effective.
Safety monitoring during the first month of the COVID-19 national vaccination program shows 鈥渞eassuring safety profiles鈥 for the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services extended until March 22 its guidance limiting the hospital survey process during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
CDC lifts COVID-19 quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated individuals outside health care. Get the latest guidance on quarantine for vaccinated individuals.