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Coronavirus Update for May 14, 2020
Coronavirus update for Thursday, May 14 as of 3:00 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS is sending out its largest distribution of remdesivir this week. As of this week, HHS will have sent out 40 percent of its current supply. The drug is being sent to state health departments, which will distribute it to hospitals. Hospitals are being asked to update their data on COVID and suspected COVID inpatients and ICU patients on a weekly basis via the teletracking portal. The next deadline is Monday, May 18 at midnight. Once the federal supply is exhausted [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 13, 2020
Coronavirus update for Wednesday, May 13 as of 2:30 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has posted an FAQ on price transparency and requirements for providers to make public their cash prices for COVID-19 diagnostic testing. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The CDC has updated its FAQs for health care personnel working among and around patients who have or are suspected of having COVID-19. The CDC has updated its resources for hospitals and health care professionals preparing for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. The CDC has [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 12, 2020
Coronavirus update for Tuesday, May 12 as of 3:00 p.m. Congress House Democrats have unveiled their newest pandemic relief bill. The overall bill is estimated to cost around $3 trillion. A few of the health care provisions included in this bill are: $100 billion for eligible health care providers to be distributed through the Health Care Provider Relief Fund. This is in addition to the $175 billion Congress has already appropriated for providers. This bill would include a prescriptive and structured methodology for distribution of the Health Care Provider Relief [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 11, 2020
Coronavirus update for Monday, May 11 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has announced its allocation plan for the distribution of the prescription drug remdesivir to treat patients with COVID-19. The initial shipments were to Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, and New Jersey. The drug is being shipped to state health departments, which will decide how it will be distributed among hospitals. HHS will base future distribution of remdesivir on hospitals’ active COVID-19 cases. For this reason, it is asking hospitals log on to the [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 8, 2020
Coronavirus update for Friday, May 8 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has updated its general distribution FAQ for the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund. The updated FAQ includes items that are identified as new. Among other things, it clarifies that HHS will not generally seek to recoup payments as long as providers’ lost revenue and increased expenses are greater than any payments in question. The FAQ also instructs hospitals on what they should do if they believe they received a mistaken payment or an [...]