COVID-19: Coverage and Reimbursement
American Hospital Association (AHA) resources on health care coverage and reimbursement issues related to COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2.
Dear Secretary Azar:
The departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury April 11 issued joint guidance implementing legislative provisions specific to COVID-19 diagnostic testing and services.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services granted a Section 1135 Medicaid waiver for the COVID-19 emergency to Utah, bringing the national total to 50.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it is immediately distributing to providers $30 billion from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act added $100 billion to this fund to reimburse…
The American Hospital Association urges the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare…
The American Hospital Association urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to use its authority to extend to LTCHs the existing 20% hospital add-on payment for Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with COVID-19.
The AHA urged leaders from the nation’s five largest private health insurance companies – Aetna, Anthem, Humana, Cigna and UnitedHealthCare – and organizations that represent insurers (America’s Health Insurance Plans and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association) to join hospitals and health systems to “…
The AHA asked the Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare…
AHA Urges HHS and CMS to Distribute Funds to Hospitals and Health Systems as Designated by CARES Act
The American Hospital Association (AHA) asks the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare…
In a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma regarding the expansion of Medicare’s accelerated payment program and creation of an add-on payment for Medicare patients with COVID-19, the AHA urges the agency to provide as much flexibility as possible with implementation in order to maximize the…