Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources and Special Communications

At Coffey Health System, the board of trustees shows its appreciation to hospital staff.

Understand how the structural design loads for parking structures differ from those of occupied spaces, and more.

While you are doing your part to help during the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Medical Association (AMA) and American Hospital Association (AHA) want to ensure you have resources to help keep your work environment safe from cyber-threats that could disrupt your practice, the hospital, or negatively impact your patients’ safety and well-being.

A new national initiative allows donors to direct contributions to their local hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new public-private effort was announced today to aid in distributing ventilators to critical areas in the fight against COVID-19. Leaders from the AHA and several hospitals and health systems participated in the announcement of the "Dynamic Ventilator Reserve" during a meeting at the White House.

Continually improving community health should be part of the DNA of a health care organization and its board.

Learn how Revere Health is managing internal staff communications and revising their policies.

The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL) and Treasury jointly issued guidance April 11 implementing le

Hospital and health system leaders are finding meaningful ways to honor staff and support resilience.

An anesthesiology resident in Portland, Ore., educates followers on social distancing and more in a unique way.

Cody Regional Health in Wyoming created a wellness pod for hardworking staff.

The AHA has developed a new resource, “COVID-19 Models: Forecasting the Pandemic’s Spread,” in response to members’ interest in tools that can help them make decisions that are consistent with their organizations’ values and community needs. The report provides an overview of and links to 11 models that can help organizations address case projections and capacity planning, community vulnerability mapping and case mapping.

AHA statement on additional emergency funding for hospitals & health systems from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.

Leaders from the Senate, House and Administration are poised to discuss proposals for the next COVID-19 relief package to combat the pandemic. It is urgent that you contact your senators and representative today and urge them to provide additional funding of at least $100 billion for hospitals and health systems — and their dedicated caregivers — as part of the package.

As urged by the AHA, Congress and the Administration have taken a number of steps to make available financial resources for health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these policies were authorized through the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, our clinician partners — including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and

America’s hospitals and health systems are working diligently to ensure the safety and well-being of the health care workforce during the COVID-19 crisis.

Dear Administrator Verma:

In a letter and FAQ document sent via the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quality reporting listservs yesterday evening, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced updates to the process it launched last month for obtaining data on hospital bed capacity and utilization and COVID-19 testing results from in-house laboratories. They aim to clarify the existing reporting process, and outline new options for states, vendors and other third parties to report data on hospitals’ behalf.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it is immediately distributing to providers $30 billion from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act added $100 billion to this fund to reimburse health care providers for health care-related expenses or lost revenues not otherwise reimbursed that are directly attributable to COVID-19.