Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
AHA expresses concern with the distribution of the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, which has left many hospitals and health systems on the front lines with limited resources to serve their communities.
As hospitals and health systems continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial impact has been significant. Please join representatives from Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor's for an AHA Town Hall April 29 at 1 p.m. ET on hospital credit ratings amid the pandemic.
The Food and Drug Administration April 24 reminded health care providers of the need to closely monitor patients for serious and potentially life-threatening side effects of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine when used off-label to treat COVID-19.
The AHA has been featured in numerous media publications, including the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Politico and Modern Healthcare, for various COVID-19 content.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced a six-month delay in implementation of its Innovation Center Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) Model, due to COVID-19.
More than half of U.S. adults aged 70 and older have experienced a disruption in their medical care during the first month of social distancing for COVID-19, according to a new survey by NORC at the University of Chicago, the SCAN Foundation and John A. Hartford Foundation.
The U.S. Postal Service released a temporary final rule updating its Hazardous, Restricted and Perishable Mail regulations for Category B infectious substances “to support the rapid deployment” of COVID-19 diagnostic tests through the mail during the public health emergency.
CMS last week updated its infection control guidance for home health agencies participating in Medicare and Medicaid and for religious non-medical health care institutions participating in Medicare.
The Small Business Administration and Department of the Treasury announced that SBA is now accepting and processing Paycheck Protection Program loan applications.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 26 announced it is reevaluating the amounts that will be paid under its Accelerated Payment Program and suspending its Advance Payment Program effective immediately.