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Coronavirus Update for April 16, 2020
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government and others as of 4:00 on Thursday, April 16. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has established a portal for recipients of CARES Act funding designated for hospitals and health care providers to attest to their acceptance of the terms and conditions of these grants. Recipients must complete this attestation within 30 days of receipt of a grant. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has updated its list of blanket waivers for health care providers. CMS [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 15, 2020
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15. The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of Wednesday, April 15 at 4:00 p.m. The White House Yesterday President Trump announced the creation of the Dynamic Ventilator Reserve program through which health care providers with a surplus of ventilators will be able to share their reserves with hospitals that need additional ventilators. Hospitals, the president noted when discussing this program, are already doing this, and he [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 14, 2020
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from federal regulators and others as of 4:00 pm. on Tuesday, April 14. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has posted a new FAQ on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act). Among other subjects, this FAQ addresses the emergency period described in the Families First law; the new optional Medicaid eligibility group; benefits and cost-sharing for COVID-19-related testing and diagnosis; implications for the CHIP program; implications for the basic health [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 13, 2020
The following is the latest information from federal regulators and others as of 4:00 p.m. on Monday, April 13. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has published its terms and conditions for providers that accept grants from the $100 billion in the CARES Act designated for hospitals and other health care providers. The HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has updated its FAQ on administrative enforcement authorities addressing arrangements directly connected to the COVID-19 crisis to include answers to two new questions about providers providing free or reduced-rate [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 10, 2020
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from federal regulators and others as of 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 10. The following is the latest information from federal regulators as of 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 10. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has posted a new “CARES Act Provider Relief Fund” page detailing how it is distributing the first $30 billion of CARES Act grants to hospitals and health care providers. This notice informs grant recipients that they “… are obligated to abstain from “balance billing” any patient [...]