COVID-19: Hospital News Coverage & Resource Center
We’ve created this page to keep you current on some of the latest COVID-19 news and updates. Specifically, we’ll track stories and resources that discuss implications for the hospital industry, physicians and all health workers who are working to keep us all safe and healthy.
Latest HOSPITAL News & CMS GUIDANCE
- HHS Will Renew Public Health Emergency
- House Passes COVID-19 Relief Bill with $100B for Hospitals
- CMS Makes 2nd Round of Sweeping Regulatory Changes in Response to COVID-19
- House Passes $484B COVID-19 Aid Package with Money for Hospitals
- CMS Details How Hospitals Can Reopen COVID-19 Surge Passes
- Guidance for Processing Attestations from Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) Temporarily Enrolling as Hospitals During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
- CMS Makes Sweeping Regulatory Changes to Help Hospitals Combat COVID-19
- CMS Releases Elective Surgery Recommendations for COVID-19 Fight
- Hospitals Redeploy Specialists to COVID-19 Front Lines
- Providers Want a Cash Infusion to Fight COVID-19
- Congress Passes the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
- More Than 5,000 Surgery Centers Can Now Serve As Makeshift Hospitals During COVID-19 Crisis
- Independent Physicians Push for Expedited COVID-19 Aid
- 6 Steps Physicians Want Congress to Take to Keep Practices Solvent with COVID-19 Financial Aid
- ‘What About Us?’: Frontline Primary Care Practices Fear for Survival Amid Coronavirus
PHYSICIAN COMPENSATION & CONTRACT CONCERNS
- Hazard Pay for Health Care Providers During COVID-19
- Stark Law Blanket Waiver Checklist
- Stark Law Waivers: What’s Changed, What’s Staying the Same
- Relaxed Doctor Referral Rules Could Clash With Anti-Kickback Law
- Coalition Requests Emergency Funding for Physicians from HHS
- HHS Issues Blanket Waivers for Stark Law
- 5 Errors to Avoid in Physician Time Tracking
- 5 Steps to Lower Compliance Risk in Your Physician Agreements
- 5 Things Every Physician Contract Should Have (Infographic)
- Physician Compensation Relationships in the Time of COVID-19
- Anti-Fraud Enforcement in the Coronavirus Era
- Hospitals May Have to Be Flexible With FMV as COVID-19 Worsens
- What Is Locum Tenens? A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Facilities
