Coronavirus Update for Friday, June 5
Coronavirus update for Friday, June 5 as of 2:30 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services In the past week CMS issued six section 1135 waivers to give states greater flexibility to serve their Medicaid beneficiaries during the COVID-19 public health [...]
Coronavirus Update for Thursday, June 4, 2020
Coronavirus update for Thursday, June 4 as of 2:30 p.m. NASH Advocacy Today NASH sent a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar and CMS Administrator Seema Verma expressing safety-net hospitals’ disappointment that HHS still has not made a targeted distribution [...]
Coronavirus Update for June 3
Coronavirus update for Wednesday, June 3 as of 12:00 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has updated its FAQ on Medicare COVID-19 fee-for-service billing. All of the changes address national coverage determinations and are clearly marked within the document. [...]
NASH Calls for More COVID-19 Legislation
On Tuesday the National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals wrote to Senate leaders and asked them to advance legislation with five major COVID-19-related policy initiatives that private safety-net hospitals seek: An additional $100 billion for hospitals. A 14-point increase in the [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, June 2
Coronavirus update for Tuesday, June 2, 2020 as of 2:45 p.m. NASH Advocacy On Tuesday, the National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals wrote to Senate leaders and asked them to advance legislation with five major COVID-19-related policy initiatives: An additional $100 [...]
Coronavirus Update for Monday, June 1
Coronavirus update for Monday, June 1 as of 3:00 pm. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has added to and modified its CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQ. Find additions on pages 2, 4, 5, 8, 23, 24, and [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 29, 2020
Coronavirus update for Friday, May 29 as of 2:30 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services In the past week CMS issued five section 1135 waivers to give states greater flexibility to serve their Medicaid beneficiaries during the COVID-19 public [...]
Coronavirus Update: May 28, 2020
Coronavirus update for Thursday, May 28 as of 2:30 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has updated its COVID-19 FAQs on Medicare fee-for-service billing with additional or revised answers to the following sections: Expansion of Virtual Communication Services [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 27, 2020
Coronavirus update for Wednesday, May 27 as of 2:30 p.m. NASH Advocacy NASH has written to congressional leaders and asked them to include forgiveness for loans provided to hospitals through the CARES Act’s Accelerated and Advance Payment Program in future [...]
NASH Asks Congress to Forgive Loans From Accelerated and Advance Payment Program
Include forgiveness for the resources the federal government provided to hospitals through the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program in the next COVID-19/economic stimulus bill, NASH has asked congressional leaders. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate majority leader [...]
