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Coronavirus Update for April 21, 2020
Coronavirus update for April 21 as of 5:00 p.m. Congress and Administration Agree on Next Aid Package Congressional leaders and the Trump administration have agreed to provide $75 billion for hospitals as part of a $484 billion COVID-19 and economic relief package. This $75 billion would be addition to the money from the CARES Act and would have the same parameters as the CARES Act money. The bill also includes $25 billion to research, develop, validate, manufacture, purchase, administer, and expand capacity for COVID-19 tests. Among others, this $25 billion [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 20, 2020
Coronavirus update for April 20, 2020. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has issued guidance on providing non-essential non-COVID-19 care to patients without symptoms of COVID-19 in regions with low and stable incidence of COVID-19. It views this guidance as part of phase one of the administration’s plan to reopen the U.S. economy. See CMS’s news release on this guidance here and the guidance itself here. Under this guidance, individual states will determine for themselves when it is appropriate to begin the “reopening” process. As a practical matter, only [...]
Coronavirus Update for April 17, 2020
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17. The White House President Trump has unveiled “Guidelines for Opening Up America Again,” a three-phase approach to reopening the economy. Find that plan here. President Trump has signed a memorandum authorizing the use of the National Guard by governors in five more states to help with their response to the COVID-19 emergency, with the cost of National Guard assistance to be assumed 100 percent by the federal government. The five states [...]
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 [...]