Susan Morse
In total, $40-plus billion will be distributed to hospitals, pay for uninsured and target hot spots, rural providers and Indian Health Service.
The funds will go to 1,779 small rural hospitals and 14 Telehealth Resource Centers.
Paycheck Protection Program will help smaller hospitals meet payroll and cover operating costs through forgivable loans.
Participation in the new COVID-19 clinical trials improvement activity carries a high weight from a scoring perspective.
To ease physician burden during COVID-19, non-physician practitioners will be able to perform documentation duties.
The recommendations allow hospitals in areas with a low incidence of COVID-19 to schedule elective surgeries again.
Witty will take a take a leave of absence with an expected return as Optum CEO by the end of the year.
The action is being taken to rapidly expand COVID-19 testing, particularly for those with Medicare and in nursing homes.
The population health initiative for Medicare Advantage members is a personal check-in on health and well-being and any food, housing or transportation issues.
NAACOS and others want CMS to hold harmless providers participating in alternative payment models from performance-related penalties for 2020.