Summation of COVID-19 Federal Responses Archive

The CDC updated guidance and tools to help clinicians make decisions, protect patients and employees, and communicate with their communities. AstraZeneca, i…

The American Medical Association (AMA), in coordination with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), announced new CPT codes for COVID-19 immun…

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…

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…

Federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), are warning of an "imminent cybercrime threat" to U.S. hospitals and …

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consolidated existing resources for stakeholders to easily access information about drug and biologics development and…

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 …

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…

Dr. Moncef Slaoui, who leads the White House Operation Warp Speed (OWS) vaccine development and distribution initiative, explained how he expects three waves…

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…

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn provided more information about how the FDA will review COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Kaiser…

The Senate passed a Continuing Resolution to extend federal funding through December 11. The House already passed the bill and President Trump signed it into…

The CDC updated its COVID-19 data tracker and a number of its other guidances. HHS announced its strategy for vaccine distribution. CongressAttempting to b…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reached an informal agreement on a short-term extension of federal funding that reduc…

CMS released an additional list of FAQs to Medicare providers regarding the HHS Provider Relief Fund and the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protect…

Key points in this update: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued another extension for providers to apply for the Provider Relief Fund. …

Key points in this update:FDA issues emergency use authorization (EUA) for convalescent plasma therapy amongst controversy.CDC director expresses concern about…

Key points in this update:It has been days since Democratic and Republican negotiators met to discuss the next COVID-19 relief bill. The House and Se…

Key points in this update: Congress and the House continue to negotiate new COVID-19 legislation, but little progress has been made. The 2021 Medicare Physic…

Key points in this update:Democrats and Republicans continue to negotiate language for the next COVID-19 relief legislation. Both sides report progress.An Exec…