Coronavirus Update for Thursday, July 30
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 30. Department of Health and Human Services HHS’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has published three new resources [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, July 28
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28. Senate “HEALS” Act Yesterday, Senate Republicans introduced the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools Act (“HEALS”), their proposed COVID-19/stimulus bill. Health [...]
Coronavirus Update for Thursday, July 23
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 23. Department of Health and Human Services/CARES Act Provider Relief Fund HHS has posted information about the financial reporting that will be required [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, July 21
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21. Public Health Emergency Declaration The federal government’s declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency expires this Friday, July 24. Like many other [...]
Coronavirus Update for Wednesday, July 15
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15. NASH Advocacy NASH has endorsed a House bill, HR 7606, that would delay implementation of the Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation (MFAR) until [...]
NASH Endorses Bill to Delay MFAR
Implementation of the Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation, opposed by NASH and many others since its introduction in November of 2019, would be delayed under a new bill proposed in the House of Representatives. The MFAR Transparency Act (HR 7606), sponsored [...]
Coronavirus Update for Monday, July 13
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Monday, July 13. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has announced that it will distribute another $4 billion in CARES Act Provider Relief Fund [...]
NASH Comments on Proposed Changes in Medicare Payments
NASH has submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to CMS’s proposed FY 2021 Medicare inpatient prospective payment system regulation. In its letter, NASH addressed six specific aspects of the proposed rule: Medicare disproportionate [...]
Coronavirus Update for Wednesday, July 8
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has updated its CARES Act Provider Relief Fund web page to remind providers that to [...]
NASH Asks Senate for COVID-19 Help
Private safety-net hospitals need help with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 public health emergency, NASH wrote yesterday in a letter to Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and minority leader Charles Schumer. In its letter, NASH asked for: An additional [...]
