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The Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of two new products designed to respond to the COVID-19 ventilator shortage.
U.S. hospital emergency department visits declined by an estimated 42% between March 29 and April 25 compared to a year ago, while visits for infectious disease screening or exposure were nearly four times higher, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
NATO issued a statement condemning “destabilising and malicious cyber activities directed against those whose work is critical to the response against the pandemic,” including hospitals, health care services and research institutes.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation today announced several COVID-19-related modifications to current and future CMMI alternative payment models.
The Department of Health and Human Services said it is providing an additional $250 million to aid health systems’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Department of Health and Human Services June 1 announced that the next deadline for submitting data to inform the agency’s distribution of its supply of remdesivir is June 8 at 8 p.m. ET.
June 3rd is the deadline for eligible health care providers to submit their revenue information to the Department of Health and Human Services to potentially qualify for an additional payment from the $50 billion general distribution of provider relief emergency funds.
Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce and Senate Finance committees asked Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to clarify by June 10 the agency’s plan and timeline for disbursing COVID-19 emergency relief funds to Medicaid-dependent providers.
Maryland primary care practices and federally qualified health centers can apply through July 14 to participate in the state’s Total Cost of Care Model.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its page on COVID-19 transmission to clarify other types of spread beyond person to person, such as by someone touching a surface that has the virus on it and then touching their own face.