Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services granted a range of data reporting exceptions and extensions across its quality reporting and value-based payment programs for hospitals, post-acute care facilities and clinicians to relieve provider burden during the COVID-19 crisis.
The Department of Justice has established a website, hotline and email for reporting price gouging and fraud. The National Center for Disaster Fraud is coordinating the effort and will triage complaints to the appropriate federal and/or state authorities.
The AHA has asked the Department of Labor to accurately define 鈥渉ealth care provider鈥 as it promulgates regulations implementing key sections of the recently-enacted Families First Coronavirus Response Act and clarify how this policy will be operationalized, including how it interacts with state鈥
Hospitals and health systems need additional federal funding to combat COVID-19, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack said on CBS鈥 Face the Nation.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency released a COVID-19 pandemic advisory describing in general terms what actions it is taking, how community-based testing sites will be managed, and information about the Defense Production Act.
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration released updated guidance to provide flexibility and expand the availability of ventilators and other respiratory devices to treat patients during the public health emergency.
Leaders from the Senate and administration continue to negotiate a third spending package related to COVID-19.
The Coalition to Protect America鈥檚 Health Care, of which the AHA is a founding member, launched a digital campaign urging 2.2 million members to encourage their lawmakers to include in the new emergency funding package funding for hospitals to protect the health care workforce and increase their鈥
In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) March 22 published additional information focused on mitigating disruptions to or shortages in the ventilator supply chain.
AHA urges the Department of Labor to accurately define 鈥渉ealth care provider鈥 when promulgating regulations implementing key sections of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and clarify how this policy will be operationalized, including how it interacts with state law