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Congress urged to allocate $100 billion to providers in next COVID-19 spending package

The AHA, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association urged congressional leaders to provide $100 billion to front line health care personnel and providers and “direct the federal agencies to begin to infuse funds immediately so that they can afford to take the necessary steps to fight” the novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19).
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Action Alert on Hospital Funding as Part of Coronavirus Package

Contact Your Senators, Representative and Urge Them to Provide $100 Billion in Funding to Hospitals and Health Systems as Part of Coronavirus Spending Package Please reach out to you

Four ways to mitigate COVID-19 cyber risks

As COVID-19 progresses, cyber criminals seek to exploit health care infrastructure.

Senate passes emergency funding bill

The Senate passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201). The House of Representatives March 16 passed by unanimous consent a revised version of the bill that made technical corrections to the legislation that the House originally approved March 14.
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AHA statement on Senate passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides a statement on the Senate passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

AHA, others urge flexibility under APM

The AHA joined physician and other groups urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to take steps to ensure COVID-19 does not derail the Alternative Payment Model and value movement.

President invokes Defense Production Act

President Trump today invoked the Defense Production Act to expand production of ventilators, masks and other emergency medical supplies.
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AHA to CMS: COVID-19 Issues Affecting Clinicians and Organizations In Value-Based Payment Models

AHA joined physician and other groups urging CMS to take steps to ensure COVID-19 does not derail the Alternative Payment Model and value movement. Specifically, the groups urged CMS to “allow flexibility with existing deadlines and requirements and take steps to ensure clinicians are not inappropriately penalized for the extreme costs of handling the pandemic so that they can continue to focus their energy on patient care.

House and Senate Letters on COVID-19 Issues Affecting Clinicians and Organizations

AHA and other groups urged House and Senate leaders to “preclude the financial impact or shared loss repayment for all accountable care organizations and other value-based program participants based o

New COVID-19 ICD-10-CM code coming earlier

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will implement the new specific ICD-10-CM code for COVID-19, U07.1, April 1 rather than Oct. 1 as originally planned, the agency said.