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HHS hosts learning community, webinar on telemedicine implementation

The Department of Health and Human Services is accepting registrations for its Telemedicine Hack, a free 10-week learning community to accelerate telemedicine implementation for ambulatory providers.
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FDA closing COVID-19 hotline today

The Food and Drug Administration at 8 p.m. will close its COVID-19 hotline for questions related to COVID-19 diagnostic tests and device shortages, including personal protective equipment and respirators.
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CDC guidance not expected to recommend retesting quarantined patients

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is developing guidance that will no longer recommend a second negative test within 24 hours before COVID-19 patients emerge from isolation, according to news reports from a press call with Brett Giroir, M.D., assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Listen to Leadership Rounds Podcast with AHA Chair Dr. Estes and Houston Methodist CEO Marc Boom

If you missed the live event, you can listen to a podcast of Leadership Rounds – the first in a series of short conversations on a range of key issues AHA Board Chair Melinda Estes, M.D., will have with hospital and health system leaders from across the country.
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Federal Reserve Board modifies Main Street Lending Program for nonprofit organizations

The Federal Reserve Board modified the Main Street Lending Program to provide a new borrowing option for nonprofit organizations including hospitals, a move advocated for by the AHA.
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Congress urged to address needs of minority, marginalized communities in next COVID-19 relief bill

The AHA, American Medical Association, and American Nurses Association urged Senate leaders to include in the next COVID-19 relief bill provisions to strengthen the federal response for racial and ethnic minority and marginalized communities, which are disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
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NIH panel updates remdesivir treatment guidelines

In situations where supplies are limited, the National Institutes of Health’s COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel recommended prioritizing remdesivir for use in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who require supplemental oxygen but are not mechanically ventilated or on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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HHS announces additional distribution of emergency funds to ‘hot spots'

The Department of Health and Human Services announced that it will distribute a second round of funding from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to hospitals that have been highly impacted by COVID-19. Payments totaling $10 billion will go out to over 1,000 hospitals as early as July 20.
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AHA, AMA, ANA Letter to Senate on Disparities

America’s hospitals and health systems, physicians and nurses urge Senators. Mitch McConnell and Charles E. Schumer to include in the next COVID-19 relief bill provisions to strengthen the federal response for racial and ethnic minority and marginalized communities, which are disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
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Maintaining a Culture Of Value During COVID 19

Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA's strategic initiatives and Dr.