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Wednesday, July 1, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Reminder: Important Funding Announcement for all Medicaid Providers - 20 Days Left to Apply »
Reminder for all Medicaid and CHIP providers:  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Report indicates many furloughed workers are still holding onto employer health coverage »
More people are uninsured as a result of Covid-19, but many furloughed workers are still holding on to employer coverage—f...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital »
New federal data reinforces the stark racial disparities that have appeared with COVID-19: According to the Centers for Me...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
CDC: Fewer Americans were admitted to EDs with critical conditions during initial COVID 10 weeks »
Reuters (6/22, Mishra) reports researchers at the CDC found “fewer Americans were admitted to emergency departments w...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Medicare Coverage of COVID-19 Testing for Nursing Home Residents and Patients »
On Monday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) instructed Medicare Administrative Contactors and notifie...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
SBA Releases New EZ PPP Loan-Forgiveness Application »
Needless to say, it’s been a roller coaster ride for business owners over the past couple of months understanding how to...
Thursday, June 18, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
NIH Launches Centralized Nationwide Platform for Data on Patients with Coronavirus »
Fox News (6/16, Rivas) reports the National Institutes of Health (NIH) “announced Monday a new ‘centralized, secure e...
Thursday, June 18, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
High Unemployment Has Reportedly Made Health Care Unaffordable to Many »
The New York Times (6/16, Abelson) reports many people are still avoiding visiting a physician with their health...
Thursday, June 18, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Emergency Rule: COVID-19 Testing for Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Staff Required Every »
To further prevent the spread of COVID-19 at Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the Agency for Health C...
Thursday, June 18, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Florida Medicaid Prior Authorization Reinstatement June 19 »
The Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency) has enacted provider flexibilities to help respond to the 2019 novel co...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Trump Administration Encourages Reopening of Healthcare Facilities »
New recommendations provide guidance to health systems and patients as COVID-19 cases decline  ...
Monday, June 15, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Coronavirus Pandemic Reportedly Exacerbated the Shortage of Injectable Opioids Needed by Hospitals »
In a “Special Report,”  Reuters  (6/9, Girion, Levine, Respaut) examines how the coronavirus pandemic has ex...
Monday, June 15, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
AMA Presses HHS to Assist Physicians Who Haven't Received Provider Relief Funds Yet »
The AMA has continued to press HHS to swiftly distribute funds to assist those physicians who have not previously received...
Thursday, June 11, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
IMPORTANT FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL MEDICAID PROVIDERS »
IMPORTANT FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL MEDICAID PROVIDERS For all Medicaid and CHIP providers: The U.S. Departme...
Thursday, June 4, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
State Fast-Tracking Pharmacy Rules Amid COVID-19 »
June 4, 2020 By: Christine Sexton TALLAHASSEE --- In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ad...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Trump Admin Unveils Enhanced Enforcement Actions Based On Nursing Home COVID-19 Data & Inspections »
The following is a message from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): Under the leadership of Pres...
Friday, May 29, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
June 3rd Deadline for Round 2 of the $100B Provider Relief Fund »
When the 1st phase of Provider Relief Fund money went out in April, the amount received was based on 2019 Medicare reimbur...
Friday, May 29, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D »
Trump Administration Announces Changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D to Provide Better Coverage and Increase Access for...
Monday, May 18, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
FEDS LOOK TO BOOST TELEHEALTH TRAINING »
Source: The News Service of Florida The federal Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded $15 million...
Monday, May 18, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Medicaid Clinics And Doctors Have Been Last In Line For COVID-19 Relief Funding »
Casa de Salud, a nonprofit clinic in Albuquerque, N.M., provides primary medical care, opioid addiction services and non-W...
Friday, May 15, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
10th Annual Physician Salaries – 2020 Report »
Content Provided by: Medscape What factors are influencing physician salaries in 2020? Medscape's 10th annual Physic...
Friday, May 15, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Pediatric Vaccine Ordering and Administration »
Content Provided by: CDC On March 13, 2020, the president of the United States declared a national emergency in respo...
Friday, May 15, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Hospital Workers Complain of Minimal Disclosure After COVID Exposures »
By Jenny Gold and Markian | Hawryluk Kaiser Health News Dinah Jimenez assumed a world-class hospital would be bette...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Agency for Health Care Administration Hospital Emergency Rule 59AER20-1 Questions & Answers »
To prevent the spread of COVID-19 at long-term care and residential facilities, the Agency for Health Care Administration...
Thursday, May 7, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Administrators Expect Many Health Care Workers To Have Mental Illnesses After Fighting COVID-19 »
The  Los Angeles Times  (5/6, Wilber) reports hospital administrators “expect to confront a surge of” me...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Need help paying for telehealth? $200 million FCC fund could help »
The FCC is taking applications to help physicians pay for telecommunication and information services and devices to connec...
Monday, May 4, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Antibody tests have reportedly “brought more confusion than clarity” amid coronavirus »
USA Today (4/30, Alltucker) reported a new type of coronavirus test “expected to offer clarity on how and when to reo...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
AMA Urges HHS to Continue to Enhance National Strategy for Testing »
Content Provided by: American Medical Association...
Monday, April 27, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
CARES ACT - HHS General Allocation Funding Portal Now Open »
General Allocation Fund   · Late this past week the Dep...
Friday, April 24, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
EEOC Gives Employers A Green Light To Test For COVID-19 »
Content provided by: Health Law 360...
Thursday, April 23, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Guidance on CARES Act Provider Relief Fund »
Department of Health and Human Services Releases Additional Guidance on CARES Act Provider Relief Fund...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Considerations for Resumption of Elective Procedures »
Content provided by: Health News Florida...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Florida Medical Association Seeks Immediate Lift of Executive Order 20-72 »
The Florida Medical Association (FMA) today sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis requesting he lift Executive Order ...
Monday, April 20, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
In Fine Print, HHS Seems to have Banned Surprise Medical Bills During the Pandemic »
U.S. officials offering emergency funding to hospitals, clinics and doctors' practices during the coronavirus pandemic hav...
Friday, April 17, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
NIH says researchers have confirmed there are ways to decontaminate N95 masks so they can be reused »
The New York Times (4/16, Gorman) reports the NIH announced that “researchers have confirmed that there are seve...

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