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Coronavirus Update for May 7, 2020
Coronavirus update for Thursday, May 7 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services Provider Relief Fund HHS has extended the deadline for attestation and acceptance of terms and conditions for payments from the Provider Relief Fund from the current 30 days to 45 days. HRSA, which is administering the program through which providers can submit claims for COVID-19-related care they provide to uninsured patients, has posted an FAQ based on a webinar it held last week to address how providers can submit those claims. HRSA also has [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 6, 2020
Coronavirus update for Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration, which is administering the program through which providers can be reimbursed for COVID-19-related services they provide to uninsured patients, has posted information on how to batch enter patient roster information. HRSA has posted a list of billing vendors and clearinghouses that have committed to submitting claims as part of the program for providers to seek payment for care provided to uninsured COVID-19 patients. HRSA has posted information about timing expectations for [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 5, 2020
Coronavirus update for Tuesday, May 5 as of 3:00 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has updated its FAQ for state Medicaid and CHIP programs. Among the issues the FAQ addresses are emergency preparedness and response, eligibility and enrollment flexibilities, benefit flexibilities, cost-sharing flexibilities, financing flexibilities, managed care flexibilities, information technology and data reporting. A separate document includes only the new questions. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The CDC has posted guidance for nasal (anterior nasal) specimen collection for COVID-19 diagnostic testing. The CDC has updated its interim guidance for collecting, handling, and [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 4, 2020
Coronavirus update for Monday, May 4 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services Last Friday HHS began processing $22 billion in payments from the CARES Act’s provider relief fund to hospitals with large numbers of COVID-19 admissions through April 10 and to rural providers in support of the national response to COVID-19. See HHS’s announcement of the distribution of this money, including a breakdown by state of grant recipients. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has posted a presentation that elaborates on the regulatory changes [...]
Coronavirus Update for May 1, 2020
Coronavirus update for Friday, May 1 as of 4:00 p.m. Follow-Up to Thursday’s Interim Final Rule Release On Thursday CMS released a second interim final rule with comment period announcing a new round of regulatory waivers and rule changes to provide additional flexibility to the health care system as the COVID-19 crisis continues and the country begins to reopen. These changes included some of the telehealth flexibilities providers have asked for in recent weeks, such as hospital reimbursement for the originating site when telehealth services for Medicare patients are furnished [...]