COVID-19: CDC, FDA and CMS Guidance
This page includes AHA Today stories and other AHA content on coronavirus COVID-19 guidance from the CDC, FDA, and CMS.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) today announced several COVID-19 related modifications to current and future CMMI alternative payment models (APMs). The adjustments are captured in a summary table and are related to the models’ financial methodologies, quality reporting…
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.
The Food and Drug Administration updated guidance to spur wider availability of alcohol-based hand sanitizers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services implemented several new infection control actions to combat COVID-19 in nursing homes.
The Food and Drug Administration took steps to encourage and streamline the development of COVID-19 tests whose specimens are collected at home by patients.
The Food and Drug Administration May 27 authorized the emergency use of the Stryker Sustainability Solutions VHP N95 Respirator Decontamination System during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released shows community transmission of COVID-19 in the U.S. was occurring in February of this year.
FDA issued a reminder to health care facilities’ reprocessing staffs to follow the agency-outlined decontamination cycle when using the ASP STERRAD Sterilization System to decontaminate N95 or N95-equivalent respirators for reuse via vaporized hydrogen peroxide.
The FDA authorized the emergency use of certain personal protective equipment to help address insufficient supply due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a fact sheet for state and local governments seeking Medicare, Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program payment for inpatient and outpatient care provided at hospital alternative care sites during the COVID-19 emergency.