Policy and Legislation
The public and private partnership includes the Department of Defense to enable faster distribution.
Reimbursement levels will go back to pre-coronavirus levels when the pandemic ends, but Congress may be pressured to make lasting change.
Phases 2 and 3 of vaccine clinical trials are expected by early summer and their success will be known by early winter, Fauci says.
The tools could help payers manage the demands of standards-based interoperability challenges, and also offer security, identity management and consent management.
The action is meant to enable GE to overcome supply chain disruptions as it addresses the surge in demand for critical equipment.
Technology issues for interoperability are more of a cultural than a deployment challenge, explain Lyniate Chief Product and Strategy Officer Drew Ivan and Life Image CEO Matthew Michela.
Providers need time to prepare to implement the final rule, scheduled to go in effect Jan. 1, 2021, at a time when they are facing the coronavirus pandemic and its resulting financial issues.
Persistent flaws in the ability to accurately ID and match patient records are hindering two must-haves on the road to reopening: contact tracing and, eventually, vaccine administration.
$12 billion is going to 395 hospitals that provided inpatient care for 100 or more COVID-19 patients.
New funds should not be used to cover the cost of treating the uninsured, though Congress needs to address that, providers say.