COVID-19: CDC, FDA and CMS Guidance
This page includes AHA Today stories and other AHA content on coronavirus COVID-19 guidance from the CDC, FDA, and CMS.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) April 9 temporarily suspended a number of rules so that hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities can boost frontline staffs during the pandemic.
In light of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is taking on the well-being of clinicians, the Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being compiled a list of strategies and resources to support those on the front lines.
The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) infection control guidance focuses on limiting the ways germs can enter a facility, quickly isolating symptomatic patients and protecting health care personnel.
To provide decision makers with a snapshot of hospitals' challenges and needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the office of the inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted a national survey between March 23 and March 27.
To help prevent the spread in health care facilities of the virus causing COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated guidance this week on discharging hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance on how covered entities may disclose protected health information (PHI) to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
As part of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced unprecedented relief this week for clinicians and facilities participating in Medicare quality reporting and payment programs.
In a March 19 letter, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) urged Congress to incorporate the coalition’s priorities in COVID-19 legislative packages under consideration.
As part of the federal response to COVID-19, Vice President Mike Pence announced this week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will take steps to allow nurses and other medical personnel to practice outside the states where they are licensed.