Coronavirus Update for Wednesday, August 19
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19. Provider Relief Fund HHS has updated its Provider Relief Fund FAQ with five new questions that address the application process for [...]
NASH Asks HHS for Provider Relief Fund Money for Private Safety-Net Hospitals
The federal government should direct CARES Act Provider Relief Fund money specifically to private safety-net hospitals, NASH wrote in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma. Some [...]
Coronavirus Update for Friday, August 14
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Friday, August 14. NASH Advocacy NASH wrote to HHS Secretary Azar and CMS Administrator Verma asking them to target a distribution of Provider Relief [...]
Health Care Workers Inadequately Protected by March COVID Law
Many health care workers sickened by COVID-19 are not receiving the paid sick leave anticipated by a federal law passed in March, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector General. Under the [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, August 11
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 11. Provider Relief Fund Eligible providers may now apply for Provider Relief Fund phase 2 general distributions. These are providers that are [...]
Coronavirus Update for Friday, August 7
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Friday, August 7. White House: Executive Order The White House issued an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to extend [...]
Loan Repayment Looms for Hospitals
Unless Congress intervenes, hospitals will soon begin repaying massive federal loans they received to help them cope with the COVID-19 public health emergency. The loans, authorized by the federal CARES Act, were made through the Accelerated and Advance Loan Program, [...]
Feds Propose Changing Medicare DSH Calculation
Medicare DSH payments would reflect hospitals’ Medicare Advantage inpatient days under a new regulation proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Under the newly proposed rule, the formula for calculating Medicare disproportionate share payments would incorporate hospitals’ Medicare [...]
Court Supports HHS on 340B Cut
The federal government may institute a nearly 30 percent cut in payments to some hospitals for prescription drugs, a federal court has ruled. The cut, to the 340B program, was first proposed in 2017 the Department of Health and Human [...]
Coronavirus Update for Monday, August 3
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Monday, August 3. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has issued a news alert titled “HHS Extends Application Deadline for Medicaid Providers and Plans [...]
