NASH Seeks Delay in Provider Relief Fund Attestation
NASH has asked federal regulators to extend the June 3 deadline for attesting to the terms and conditions for receiving general distribution grants from the CARES Act’s Provider Relief Fund. In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 21, 2020
Coronavirus update for Thursday, May 21 as of 3:30 p.m. NASH Advocacy NASH has written to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to request that they extend the June [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 20, 2020
Coronavirus update for May 20, 2020 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has updated its FAQ for the distribution of CARES Act money through the Provider Relief Fund on four occasions in the past two [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 19, 2020
Coronavirus update for May 19, 2020 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has updated its FAQ for the distribution of CARES Act money through the Provider Relief Fund on three occasions in the past two [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 18, 2020
Coronavirus update for May 18, 2020 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has posted a compendium of COVID-19-related flexibilities it has authorized for ambulance services during the COVID-19 crisis. CMS has updated its collections of COVID-19-related waiver flexibilities for [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 15, 2020
Coronavirus update for Friday, May 15 as of 2:30 p.m. NASH Advocacy NASH wrote on Thursday to Health and Human Services Secretary Azar and CMS Administrator Seema Verma to point out a published report describing the degree to which its [...]
NASH Asks HHS for Fairer Distribution of COVID-19 Aid
A study published this week in Kaiser Health News found that CARES Act grants to hospitals with high proportions of privately insured patients were more than twice those given to private safety-net hospitals and others that care for especially high [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 14, 2020
Coronavirus update for Thursday, May 14 as of 3:00 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS is sending out its largest distribution of remdesivir this week. As of this week, HHS will have sent out 40 percent of its current supply. The [...]
NASH Pitches Policy Proposals to Congress
Following the introduction of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (“HEROES Act”), the National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals wrote to congressional leaders to ask for six specific policy initiatives in the next COVID-19 legislation: Direct an additional [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 13, 2020
Coronavirus update for Wednesday, May 13 as of 2:30 p.m. NASH Advocacy Following the introduction yesterday of H.B. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (“HEROES Act”), NASH wrote to congressional leaders asking them to address five [...]
