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CMS: 3-day waiver also applies to swing-bed care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services clarified that the agency is waiving the Medicare coverage requirement for a three-day prior hospitalization requirement for both skilled nursing facilities and swing-bed services.

HHS to increase Strategic National Stockpile's ventilator count

The Department of Health and Human Services announced seven new ventilator production contracts to boost national availability. Five of the contracts are rated under the Defense Production Act, meaning they must be accepted and prioritized by the contractors.

Medicare nearly doubles payment for high-throughput diagnostic tests

Medicare will increase payment for certain "high-throughput" COVID-19 diagnostic tests to $100 to expand testing capacity and speed results during the public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.

CDC reports on health care worker COVID-19 cases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an estimated 9,282 confirmed COVID-19 cases in U.S. health care workers between Feb. 12 and April 9, representing 19% of U.S. cases for which occupational status was available.

AHA president, health system leaders participate in White House announcement of hospital-led initiative to distribute ventilators to high-need areas

AHA joined hospital and health system leaders at a White House event to announce the Dynamic Ventilator Reserve, a public-private online initiative to track and help distribute available ventilators and associated supplies to high-need areas of the country.
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Coronavirus Update: Caring with Limited Resources During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Compilation of Resources for Your Team

The COVID-19 pandemic is placing unprecedented demands on the entire health care system. As the number of patients needing acute hospital care rapidly increases, hospitals may be challenged with significant shortages of staff and medical supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE), hospital beds, medicines and medical devices such as ventilators.

Security Design Guidelines for HCFs: 2020 Updates

Speaker: Thomas Smith

Protect the Heroes

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A new national initiative allows donors to direct contributions to their local hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

AHA Rural: Speaking Opportunities

We will begin the design process this spring and would be pleased to consider your speaking proposal. We are especially interested in presentations that feature rural hospital executives, physicians and trustees as presenters, including those who represent critical access and frontier hospitals.

Uniting to Protect our Health Care Workers

Here is a summary of the impressive progress so far in the 100 Million Mask Challenge.