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Coronavirus Update for Wednesday, June 10
/in coronavirus, COVID 19 /by Joseph SteinbockCoronavirus update for Wednesday, June 10 as of 3:00 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services On Tuesday HHS announced that it will be distributing $15 billion to clinicians and facilities that participate in state Medicaid and CHIP programs and/or Medicaid and CHIP managed care organizations that have not yet received any general distribution grants […]
New Distributions of Provider Relief Fund Money
/in coronavirus, COVID 19, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockOn Tuesday morning the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it will distribute $10 billion to hospitals located in COVID-19 hotspots that have cared for especially large numbers of COVID-19 patients. It also will distribute $25 billion in CARES Act Provider Relief Fund money to safety-net providers, including $10 billion specifically for safety-net […]
Coronavirus Update for Monday, June 6
/in coronavirus, COVID 19 /by Joseph SteinbockCoronavirus update for Monday, June 8 as of 2:30 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has updated its “COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers” document. Added since the last version are a new section, on page 14, on altered time lines for Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, along […]
Coronavirus Update for Friday, June 5
/in coronavirus, COVID 19 /by Joseph SteinbockCoronavirus update for Friday, June 5 as of 2:30 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services In the past week CMS issued six section 1135 waivers to give states greater flexibility to serve their Medicaid beneficiaries during the COVID-19 public health emergency. It issued waivers to Alaska (two waivers), Arizona, Mississippi, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Centers for […]
Coronavirus Update for Thursday, June 4, 2020
/in coronavirus, COVID 19, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals, Uncategorized /by Joseph SteinbockCoronavirus update for Thursday, June 4 as of 2:30 p.m. NASH Advocacy Today NASH sent a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar and CMS Administrator Seema Verma expressing safety-net hospitals’ disappointment that HHS still has not made a targeted distribution of CARES Act Provider Relief Funds to providers of especially high volumes of care to […]