HHS has recently issued a great number of clarifications to multiple aspects of its Provider Relief Fund programs authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act....more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act makes $100 billion in funds available to hospitals and other health care providers for health care-related expenses or lost revenues attributable to COVID-19. The...more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is in the process of completing a $50 billion general distribution (General Distribution) from the $100 billion available to health care providers through the Public Health...more
On April 10, 2020, the federal government began distributing $30 billion of the $100 billion in funds that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) makes available to health care providers through...more
The $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law on March 27, 2020, contains significant relief to assist health care providers faced with the double burden of an onslaught of...more
The Society of Critical Care Medicine estimates that the United States has over 200,000 ventilators, although other organizations have lower estimates. ...more
New legislation signed on March 18, 2020, will bring tens of millions more masks per month into the hands of U.S. health care workers. The new legislation protects N95 mask manufacturers against lawsuits if an N95 face mask...more