Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
An estimated 2.8% of Indiana residents aged 12 or older randomly tested in late April had SARS-CoV-2 infection or antibodies, and 44% of those with active infections reported no symptoms, according to a July 21 report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Kevin Brady, R-Texas, and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released separate legislative proposals that would make permanent certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new analysis prepared for the AHA by Kaufman, Hall & Associates LLC highlights COVID-19’s dire impact on hospitals’ and health systems’ financial health.
As the rates of COVID-19 continue to rise in certain areas across the country, the need for greater coordination and even an expanded health care workforce may become critical. There are several organizations with the interest and the capacity to help partner with hospitals and health systems to be…
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AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels and AHA Senior Vice President of Public Policy Analysis and Development Ashley Thompson provided the latest from Capitol Hill and then hospital leaders urged their senators to provide additional resources to hospitals and…
A new analysis prepared by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC and released by the AHA today highlights the dire impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the financial health of hospitals and health systems. Without further government support, margins could sink to -7% in the second half of 2020, according…
A new analysis prepared by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC and released by the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association highlights the dire impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the financial health of hospitals and health systems.
Harvard University’s Kennedy School, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and the United Nations recently collaborated on a platform to produce a decision-making tool that initially will focus on digital contact tracing of coronavirus infections. The platform, which…
The Food and Drug Administration last week reissued its emergency use authorization of Quest Diagnostics’ SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR test for use with pooled samples containing up to four individual swab specimens collected under observation.