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Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, July 28
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28. Senate “HEALS” Act Yesterday, Senate Republicans introduced the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools Act (“HEALS”), their proposed COVID-19/stimulus bill. Health care highlights include: Increasing the time providers will have before CMS begins recoupment of loans made through the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program and an extension of the time before providers will need to pay interest on those loans. $25 billion to be added to the CARES Act’s Provider Relief [...]
Coronavirus Update for Thursday, July 23
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 23. Department of Health and Human Services/CARES Act Provider Relief Fund HHS has posted information about the financial reporting that will be required of providers that received funding through the CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. Those terms and conditions require providers to submit data documenting their use of the funds and compliance with the terms and conditions. The HHS post lays out some of the parameters [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, July 21
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21. Department of Health and Human Services As announced last week, HHS has begun making its second distribution of CARES Act Provider Relief Fund grants to hospitals in COVID-19 high-impact areas (“hotspots”) – that is, hospitals that have cared for especially high numbers of COVID-19 patients. According to the agency’s news release, The second round of funding…was based on a formula for hospitals with over 161 COVID-19 admissions between January 1 and June [...]
Coronavirus Update for Wednesday, July 15
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has implemented new data reporting requirements for hospitals that took effect today. In some respects, these requirements differ significantly from recent practices. Go here to see the detailed HHS document “COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting and FAQs For Hospitals, Hospital Laboratory, and Acute Care Facility Data Reporting.” HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration has posted a fact sheet on the Provider Relief Fund’s next distribution [...]
Coronavirus Update for Monday, July 13
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Monday, July 13. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has announced that it will distribute another $4 billion in CARES Act Provider Relief Fund money. Of that sum, approximately $3 billion will be distributed to safety-net providers, with the agency expanding its criteria since its June distribution of safety-net provider funding to encompass some safety-net hospitals that did not meet the previous criterion that addressed hospital profitability. Another $1 billion will be distributed to [...]