Coronavirus Update for April 29, 2020
Coronavirus update for Wednesday, April 29 as of 3:30 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has posted a letter to clinicians participating in its Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) explaining how participating in a clinical trial and reporting [...]
NASH Asks Administration to Modify Approach to Emergency Hospital Funding
The manner in which the federal government is distributing COVID-19-related CARES Act funding is unfair to private safety-net hospitals, the National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has written in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 28, 2020
Coronavirus update for Tuesday, April 28 as of 4:00 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 express concern about how CMS distributed [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 27, 2020
Coronavirus update for Monday, April 27 as of 3:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services Last Friday HHS deposited its second tranche of CARES Act funding in hospitals’ bank accounts. We have contacted HHS to inquire about the specifics [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 24, 2020
Coronavirus update for Friday, April 24 as of 4:00 p.m. Attention: Health Care Providers HHS has extended until 3:00 p.m. (eastern) on Saturday, April 25 the deadline for providers to submit data that will be used to determine how it [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 23, 2020
Coronavirus update for Thursday, April 23 as of 5:00 p.m. Congress The House has passed H.R. 266, the $384 billion COVID-19 relief/economic stimulus bill that includes $75 billion for health care providers and $25 billion for testing. NASH has written [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 22, 2020
Coronavirus update for April 22 as of 4:30 p.m. Distribution of Additional CARES Act Funding Today the Department of Health and Human Services announced how it will distribute the remaining $70 billion of the $100 billion designated in the CARES [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 21, 2020
Coronavirus update for April 21 as of 5:00 p.m. Congress and Administration Agree on Next Aid Package Congressional leaders and the Trump administration have agreed to provide $75 billion for hospitals as part of a $484 billion COVID-19 and economic [...]
NASH Endorses New COVID-19 Legislation
NASH has urged congressional leaders to adopt a new proposal that would, among other things, provide $75 billion for hospitals to help them respond to the COVID-19 crisis. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House minority leader Kevin [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 20, 2020
Coronavirus update for April 20 as of 3:30 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has issued guidance on providing non-essential non-COVID-19 care to patients without symptoms of COVID-19 in regions with low and stable incidence of COVID-19. It [...]
