Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
The Internal Revenue Service outlined certain telehealth spending flexibilities under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which allows high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts to cover telehealth services before a patient reaches their deductible amount.
The Food and Drug Administration announced a public-private partnership to advance COVID-19 diagnostics.
Columbia VA Health Care System partnered with the Central South Carolina American Red Cross to conduct blood drives, responding to the need to replenish critically low blood supplies.
Boston Children’s Hospital supports several local health centers to ensure children are vaccinated and distribute food, clothing, books and more to families.
COVID-19 has challenged the health care field to retool and reinvent. On this podcast, Priya Bathija, AHA vice president of strategic initiatives, talks with two senior leaders at Atlantic Health System in New Jersey about COVID-19’s impact on telehealth and integrated care.
The Food and Drug Administration issued updated templates for laboratories and manufacturers requesting emergency use authorization for molecular diagnostic tests that screen asymptomatic individuals for SARS-CoV-2 or use pooled samples.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee held a hearing on telehealth lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Small Business Administration released a revised loan forgiveness application for the Paycheck Protection Program, which implements provisions of the recently enacted PPP Flexibility Act.
In this podcast, Priya Bathija, vice president of The Value Initiative at the AHA, and Carol Vargas, Vice President, Integrated Care and Dr. Sylvia Romm, Chief Innovation Officer, both at Atlantic Health, discuss COVID-19’s impact on telehealth and integrated care.
The Food and Drug Administration said chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate could reduce remdesivir's antiviral activity.