Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)

Learn how hospital and health system leaders such as Richard Bagley, senior vice president, chief supply chain officer, Penn State Health, are looking beyond the pandemic to address long-standing vulnerabilities in the health care supply chain during crisis situations.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced additional assistance under its public assistance program for eligible costs to safely reopen and operate certain private nonprofits in response to the COVID-19 emergency, including private nonprofit medical facilities.
All U.S. adults will become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by April 19, President Biden announced. That’s a couple weeks sooner than the May 1 target he announced last month.
Johnson & Johnson will soon start testing its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in U.S. adolescents, the company announced.
In 2019, 1 in 5 women suffered from a mental health disorder. Now, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, even more women are reporting increases in challenges associated with mental illness as they continue to take on responsibilities they had not been prepared for. 
AHA’s Hospital Community Collaborative, now in its second year, is seeking hospitals and community groups for its 2021 cohort to explore community-level health disparities caused, exacerbated or illuminated by COVID-19. 
The Food and Drug Administration authorized several SARS-CoV-2 serial screening tests for asymptomatic individuals.
The Department of Health and Human Services updated its Provider Relief Fund FAQs related to “Terms and Conditions,” “Ownership Structures and Financial Relationships,” and “Use of Funds.” 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released an article informing all Medicare providers and suppliers who requested and received COVID-19 Accelerated and Advance Payments that it began recovering those payments March 30, depending on the one-year anniversary of their first payment.