COVID-19 spikes have officials looking to shore up hospitals with extra beds and staff: ‘I worry this is a ripe situation for us to really bubble over’
Hartford Courant - Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Hospital Bills For Uninsured COVID-19 Patients Are Covered, But No One Tells Them
NPR - Thursday, October 22, 2020
Next up in hunt for COVID-19 vaccine: Testing shots in kids
Modern Healthcare - Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Even With ACA’s Fate in Flux, Open Enrollment Starts Soon. Here’s What’s New.
Kaiser Health News - Thursday, October 22, 2020
Cyber Threat Update and Cyber Risk as Enterprise Risk Webinar
October 27, 2020
De-Escalation 101
October 27, 2020
De-Escalation 101
October 28, 2020
Federal Appeals Court Declines to Rehear 340B, Site-Neutral Cases
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The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has denied the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) request to reconsider two decisions from this summer that upheld the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) cuts to Medicare payments for 340B drugs and for off-campus hospital outpatient clinic visits. |
CHA Requests Congressional Delegation Support Letter to HHS Reinstating Reporting Requirements
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Last week, CHA encouraged Connecticut Representatives to sign onto a letter urging the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reinstate the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting requirements outlined in the June 19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Those FAQs defined both expenses and lost revenues attributable to COVID-19 as “any revenue that…a health care provider lost due to coronavirus.” |
President Trump Signs National Suicide Hotline Bill Into Law
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On October 17, the President signed into law the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, designating 988 as the nationwide phone number to connect people experiencing mental health crises to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The Lifeline is a network of 163 crisis centers that, last year, answered more than 2.2 million calls and 100,000 online chats. |
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