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The Food and Drug Administration issued temporary guidance for pharmacies’ preservation of limited supplies of personal protective equipment.
At 12 p.m. ET April 13, the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau will begin accepting applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program at www.fcc.gov/covid19telehealth.
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for a pair of blood purification systems to treat adult COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit with severe respiratory illness.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights said it generally will not impose penalties for HIPAA rule violations on health care provider covered entities and their business associates operating COVID-19 community-based testing sites in good faith for the duration of the…
The Internal Revenue Service extended the deadline for tax-exempt organizations and fiscal year businesses to file tax returns and payments due between April and June until July 15.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released additional new waivers related to COVID-19.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is immediately distributing to providers $30 billion from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.
Providers caring for patients with behavioral health disorders face unique challenges in balancing safe public health measures and clinical protocols during the COVID-19 emergency, the AHA said in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.
Federal Reserve announces new lending program to enhance support for small- and mid-sized businesses
The Federal Reserve announced the terms of both expanded and new "Main Street" lending facilities that would provide loans to a variety of eligible borrowers.
AHA urged the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider immediately its decision to limit participation in the COVID-19 Telehealth Program to certain nonprofit or public health care providers, noting that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act included “no such restriction” on…