Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Town Hall: The Impact of COVID-19 on Hospital Credit Ratings
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
During this national health crisis, hospitals and health systems are doing everything they can to care for their patients and communities, and that extends to our health care heroes serving on the front lines 鈥 physicians, nurses and the entire health care team, including food services,鈥
Recently, AHA published a compendium of case examples demonstrating the struggles and successes of rural hospitals battling COVID-19 in their communities.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized the first serology test in which independent federal data provided the scientific evidence used to support the authorization.
SARS-CoV-2 may spread from individuals who are presymptomatic or asymptomatic, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report based on epidemiologic, virologic and modeling studies before CDC recommended widespread use of face masks.
The CDC updated guidance designed to keep health care personnel safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with patient isolation strategies to ensure consistency in CDC鈥檚 criteria for patient discontinuation of transmission-based precautions and health care personnel return-to-work guidance.
In its recently updated report 鈥淐OVID-19 Models: Forecasting the Pandemic鈥檚 Spread,鈥, AHA looks at five new COVID-19 forecasting models, including two free AHA tools to help visualize the nation鈥檚 hospital bed capacity.
In a new report, the AHA estimates that the financial impact to hospitals and health systems from COVID-19 expenses and revenue losses over the four-month period from March 1 and June 30 totals $202.6 billion, with losses averaging over $50 billion per month.
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The Federation of State Medical Boards | List: State Licensure Waivers in Response to COVID-19
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act created the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to provide organizations with fewer than 500 employees with loans that could be used to maintain their workforce through the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.