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In an effort to encourage more blood donations, the Food and Drug Administration said it is revisiting and updating several existing policies to help ensure an adequate-but-safe national blood supply.
To support federal public health authorities and agencies in need of COVID-19-related data, the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights will not penalize health care providers or their business associates for violations of certain HIPAA provisions.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of two new diagnostic tests for COVID-19, including the first reported test to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in blood collected from individuals with suspected COVID-19.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its infection prevention and control guidance for health care facilities, and posted a form for reporting patients under investigation for COVID-19 infection
The Department of Labor issued a temporary rule to enable new paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave requirements established under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
The AHA urged the Small Business Administration to ensure that small- and mid-size hospitals are allowed to apply for and receive loans under the SBA Paycheck Protection Program that was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
The AHA urged leaders from the nation's five largest private health insurance companies to "meet the historic challenge" caused by COVID-19 to "ensure that the health care system is there for anyone who needs care."
Some COVID-ID patients in Singapore likely transmitted the virus to others on the island before they were symptomatic, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The official guidelines for the new ICD-10-CM code go into effect April 1 through Sept. 30 and have been posted by the Centers for Disease Control.
Hospitals and health systems are encouraged to direct COVID-19 questions to a new Department of Health and Human Services email.