COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, January 14, 2021
Johnson & Johnson anticipates submitting to FDA for EUA for its COVID vaccine by March White House and Federal Agencies Tonight, President-elect Biden…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, January 11, 2021
Preliminary research suggests Pfizer vaccine may be effective against new strains of the virus White House and Federal Agencies President-elect Biden will…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, January 4, 2021
CDC treatment guideline update; vaccine dosing and delivery White House and Federal Agencies President-elect Biden announced three new COVID-19 response a…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Wednesday, December 30, 2020
New guidance provides a three-month extension for recipients for certain federal COVID-19 relief funds to audit their funding. Congress After passing a $90…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Coverage and reimbursement for COVID-19 vaccines; new NIH research website for COVID. Congress On Monday afternoon, Congress unveiled the text of a package…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, December 14, 2020
Clarification from FDA on allergy risk from vaccine; a reminder of how the mRNA vaccine technology works; Medicare coverage for the vaccine. COVID-19 vaccin…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, December 10, 2020
Important vaccine news; data on hospital capacity; more payment info from CMS. IMPORTANT VACCINE NEWSAs noted below, today the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Bi…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, December 3, 2020
CMS COVID-19 FAQ updated; CDC revises recommendations for length of quarantine Congress Congress is making progress toward agreeing on new $908 billion bip…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, November 30, 2020
The CDC added a county tab to their COVID Data Tracker so that you can check your county’s rates of COVID-19 cases. The CDC is expected to recommend shorter…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Tuesday, November 24, 2020
The CDC updated guidance and tools to help clinicians make decisions, protect patients and employees, and communicate with their communities. AstraZeneca, i…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, November 16, 2020
The American Medical Association (AMA), in coordination with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), announced new CPT codes for COVID-19 immun…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, November 9, 2020
Now that it is clear that many of the previous dynamics will exist in the new Congress, there is renewed interest in trying to pass bipartisan COVID-19 relie…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, November 5, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated many of its resources. Some of those updates include FAQs about the COVID-19 vaccination, including b…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, November 2, 2020
Federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), are warning of an "imminent cybercrime threat" to U.S. hospitals and …
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, October 29, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consolidated existing resources for stakeholders to easily access information about drug and biologics development and…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday October 26, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updated the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting requirements to allow PRF funding that is left over after …
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday October 22, 2020
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins released a blog post on new findings showing that people who survive a COVID-19 infection continue to produce protective ant…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, October 12, 2020
Dr. Moncef Slaoui, who leads the White House Operation Warp Speed (OWS) vaccine development and distribution initiative, explained how he expects three waves…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, October 8, 2020
The FDA issued a guidance document with 15 pages of recommendations for vaccine sponsors regarding the scientific data and information that it will require t…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday October 5, 2020
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn provided more information about how the FDA will review COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Kaiser…