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 [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 12, 2020
Coronavirus update for Tuesday, May 12 as of 3:00 p.m. Congress House Democrats have unveiled their newest pandemic relief bill. The overall bill is estimated to cost around $3 trillion. A few of the health care provisions included in this [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 11, 2020
Coronavirus update for Monday, May 11 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has announced its allocation plan for the distribution of the prescription drug remdesivir to treat patients with COVID-19. The initial shipments were to [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 8, 2020
Coronavirus update for Friday, May 8 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has updated its general distribution FAQ for the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund. The updated FAQ includes items that are identified as new. [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 7, 2020
Coronavirus update for Thursday, May 7 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services Provider Relief Fund HHS has extended the deadline for attestation and acceptance of terms and conditions for payments from the Provider Relief Fund from [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 6, 2020
Coronavirus update for Wednesday, May 6 as of 3:00 p.m. NASH Advocacy NASH wrote to HHS Secretary Alex Azar and CMS Administrator CMS Seema Verma to ask them to include in the next round of funding from the CARES Act [...]
NASH Recommends Targets for Next CARES Act Grants
New COVID-19 “hotspot” hospitals and private safety-net hospitals serving especially high proportions of Medicaid and government-insured patients should be singled out for grants in the next round of CARES Act funding from the Provider Relief Fund, NASH declared on Wednesday [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 5, 2020
Coronavirus update for Tuesday, May 5 as of 3:00 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has updated its FAQ for state Medicaid and CHIP programs. Among the issues the FAQ addresses are emergency preparedness and response, eligibility and enrollment flexibilities, benefit [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 4, 2020
Coronavirus update for Monday, May 4 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services Last Friday HHS began processing $22 billion in payments from the CARES Act’s provider relief fund to hospitals with large numbers of COVID-19 admissions [...]
