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The Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of infusion pumps to counteract insufficient supplies needed for the continuous infusion of medications, total parenteral nutrition and other fluids into COVID-19 patients.

Based on early data, the Abbott ID NOW point-of-care test to diagnose COVID-19 may return false negative results, the Food and Drug Administration announced, adding that it will continue to review data as the company conducts post-market studies to better understand the cause.

The CDC issued a health advisory warning of COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.

CMS recently issued new guidance to states to allow temporary COVID-19-related modifications in provider payment methodologies and capitation rates under Medicaid managed care plans.

The AHA urged the nation's primary federal regulators for insured depository institutions to prepare to take prompt action to assist health care providers on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic should the need to do so arise.

The CDC will award $10.25 billion from the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act to states, localities and territories by May 23 to expand COVID-19 testing and surveillance activities, the agency announced.

National Hospital Week 2020 may be coming to a close tomorrow, but our efforts to support America’s health care heroes and their hospitals and health systems are still going strong.

The AHA provided comments on a number of provisions affecting hospitals and health systems that were included in the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act — a $3 trillion COVID-19 relief package that was unveiled Tuesday by House Democratic leaders.

As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, Bruce Bailey, president and CEO of Tidelands Health based in Georgetown, S.C., talks about how hospitals and health systems without inpatient behavioral health services or onsite mental health clinicians can still address the needs of these patients.

Two health systems and a physician received 2019 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards from The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum for “groundbreaking” initiatives at the national, local and individual level.

The Kaiser Family Foundation released a study showing the scope of COVID-19’s effect on health insurance coverage.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid released a new toolkit of best practices to help nursing homes, states and departments of health address the COVID-19 crisis within nursing homes.

More than 150 organizations, including hospitals, received $15 million in grants to increase telehealth training during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services announced.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted a FAQ on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act requirement that providers of COVID-19 diagnostic tests make public the cash price for the tests on their website during the public health emergency.

The nonprofit hospital and health care sector will continue to face credit risks from the coronavirus into 2021, according to a report released by Moody’s Investors Service.

The Coalition to Protect America's Health Care, of which the AHA is a founding member, is urging 2.2 million members to ask their lawmakers to include support for hospitals and health systems in the next COVID-19 relief proposal.

President Trump announced plans to expand and restructure the Strategic National Stockpile.

The AHA, joined by America’s Essential Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges, and Federation of American Hospitals urged the Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court decision that held the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate unconstitutional.

China and its proxies have been observed attempting to identify and illicitly obtain valuable intellectual property and public health data related to vaccines, treatments and testing from networks and personnel affiliated with COVID-19-related research, which could jeopardize the delivery of secure, effective and efficient treatment options, the FBI and CISA warned.

This week of thanks acknowledges the tremendous effort front-line caregivers are putting forth each day to treat and protect Americans during COVID-19.