COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, March 15, 2021
This week, the House of Representatives will consider legislation to waive the 4% Medicare cuts set to take effect in 2022 under the Congressional PAYGO requ…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, March 11, 2021
On March 18, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on the Federal COVID-19 response featuring National Institu…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, March 8, 2021
In parallel to its vaccination efforts, the White House is developing a national COVID-19 testing strategy. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved …
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, March 4, 2021
The Federal Government is beginning a new promotional campaign to encourage COVID-19 vaccination. Many federal agencies continue to develop and update COVID…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, February 25, 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will exempt all Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians (EC) f…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, February 22, 2021
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on how to expand the availability of COVID-19 vaccines.…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, February 18, 2021
The administration is in discussions with 13 laboratories to improve genome sequencing of the COVID-19 variants. A new study found that Pfizer’s vaccine is …
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, February 11, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated a large number of guidelines. A new study found that Pfizer’s vaccine is effective against …
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, February 1, 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are maintaining resources on COVID-19 on their COV…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
The FDA’s pandemic recovery and preparedness plan strengthens ongoing COVID-19 pandemic response and our resiliency for future public health emergencies. CD…
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…
