Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced new repayment terms for payments received under its Accelerated and Advance Payment programs, including a longer time period before repayment, lower recoupment rates during repayment, lower interest on remaining unpaid balance, and…
The AHA joined five other national medical groups in urging the Department of Homeland Security to exclude foreign national physicians in the J-1 visa program from a proposed change to the process for extending certain non-immigrant visa stays in the United States.
Captain Joselito Ignacio and Leslie Hintz will walk through their new PPE Preservation Planning Toolkit which was developed to support hospitals and health systems in the planning and implementation of PPE preservation strategies.
The Health Resources and Services Administration Oct. 15 at 3 p.m. ET will host a webcast to provide additional information on the latest round of COVID-19 Provider Relief Funds.
The fifth in the Leadership Rounds series featured Dr. Estes talking with Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom, Senior Vice President of Community Health & Equity and Chief Wellness & Diversity Officer at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit and Michigan's First Surgeon General about health equity. This…
The Food and Drug Administration recommended that health care providers provide written or video step-by-step instructions, in addition to verbal instructions, to patients who are self-collecting anterior nares (nasal) samples for COVID-19 testing in a health care setting.
The Food and Drug Administration warned Battelle Memorial Institute that its respirator decontamination system does not comply with the requirement in its emergency use authorization to establish internal systems that provide for timely and effective identification, communication and evaluation of…
Emergency departments across the U.S. face enormous pressure during the pandemic. This story spotlights the ED team at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
To meet the needs of parents with babies during the pandemic, pediatricians and staff at Monument Health Spearfish in South Dakota are coordinating donations of diapers.