Coronavirus Update: Thursday, July 2
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 2. Reminder: Submit COVID-19 Case Data Hospitals interested in obtaining supplies of the drug remdesivir from the federal government must submit data on [...]
NASH Applauds HHS Movement Toward Extending Public Health Emergency
NASH has thanked Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar for his department’s public indication that it intends to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency. With the declaration of a public health emergency has become regulatory flexibilities that have enabled [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, June 30
Coronavirus update for Tuesday, June 30 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services An HHS spokesperson tweeted yesterday that “@HHSGov expects to renew the Public Health Emergency due to COVID-19 before it expires.” HHS announced that it [...]
Coronavirus Update for Friday, June 26
Coronavirus update for Friday, June 26 as of 3:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS updated its CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQ. The latest changes are marked “6/22/2020.” Most refer to the planned Provider Relief Fund distribution [...]
Private Safety-Net Hospitals Need More CARES Act Money, NASH Writes
The federal government should direct another round of CARES Act grants to safety-net hospitals, NASH wrote yesterday in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. While all recipients of the latest round of CARES Act grants benefited [...]
Coronavirus Update for Monday, June 22
Coronavirus update for Monday, June 22 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has added new questions and answers and modified others in its CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQ. Providers should review these changes carefully; [...]
MedPAC Reports to Congress
MedPAC has submitted its annual report to Congress. The congressionally mandated report, titled Report to Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, consists of seven chapters: Realizing the promise of value-based payment in Medicare: an agenda for change. Challenges [...]
Coronavirus Update for Thursday, June 18
Coronavirus update for Thursday, June 18 as of 3:00 p.m. CARES Act Provider Relief Fund - Medicaid and SCHIP-Only Distribution Webcasts On its Provider Relief Fund web page, HHS has posted the following notice: HHS expects to distribute $15 billion [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, June 16
Coronavirus update for Tuesday, June 16 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has updated its CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQ, adding new questions on pages 9 and 32 that are labeled “Added 6/13/2020” and [...]
Coronavirus Update for Friday, June 12
Coronavirus update for Friday, June 12 as of 4:00 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services As we reported previously, HHS will be distributing $10 billion in CARES Act Provider Relief Fund grants to hospitals that have served especially large [...]
