The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was created to provide healthcare resources required to fight COVID-19. The Act was designed to give quick and direct economic assistance for US workers and their families, small businesses and to preserve jobs.
New WHO guidelines call for more evidence on airborne transmission
The World Health Organization released new guidelines on the transmission of the novel coronavirus. These guidelines acknowledge some reports of airborne transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. Though it didn’t confirm that the virus spreads through the air.
The era of virtual care has arrived & telehealth is spreading the change
Life has turned upside down in the past few months. With the outbreak of COVID-19, many things have changed including the position of telehealth in healthcare delivery. CMS restricted Medicare reimbursement to telehealth services that met one of the below three criteria:
Trinity Health decides to cut more staff due to rising costs, faces $2 billion revenue loss
Trinity Health is a Livonia based health system with 93 hospitals in 22 states. It has announced an unspecified number of layoffs, reduced shifts and extended furloughs in the wake of lesser patient volume, rising expenses and a projected $2 billion revenue loss.
CMS issues proposal to continue telehealth flexibilities, in home health proposed rule
According to CMS estimates, Medicare payments to home health agencies in 2021 would increase in the aggregate by 2.6% or $540 million, as per the proposed policies.