Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization to Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory for the first COVID-19 diagnostic test with the option of using home-collected saliva samples.
CMS recently issued new Frequently Asked Questions to aid the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
AHA urged the Federal Communications Commission to grant expedited approval to its request that the agency extend the COVID-19 Telehealth Program to all hospitals and other direct patient care facilities, regardless of their size, location, or for-profit or not-for-profit status.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued new Frequently Asked Questions to aid the Medicaid program and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This edition of Hacking Healthcare includes an examination of how COVID-19 led the United Kingdom鈥檚 (UK) National Health Service (NHS) to give the country鈥檚 intelligence and security agency emergency powers over its networks.
The Department of Health and Human Services has extended the deadline for health care providers to attest to receipt of payments from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency and accept the terms and conditions.
On May 4, 2020, Governor Laura Kelly will lift the statewide 鈥淪afer at Home鈥 order and allow Kansas communities to begin phased reopening by issuing a statewide executive order (EO) to begin Phase One of the 鈥淎d Astra: A Plan to Reopen Kansas鈥.