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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Interim Infection Prevention Guidelines (March 19, 2020; updated July 9, 2020)

Interim Guidance for Healthcare Facilities: Preparing for Community Transmission of COVID-19 in the United States (Feb. 29, 2020)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Congressional letter to CMS asking for an expansion of audio-only telehealth services (April 29, 2020)

State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit: Policy Considerations for States Expanding Use of Telehealth (April 23, 2020)

CMS exercises enforcement discretion to adopt a temporary policy of relaxed enforcement in connection to the implementation of the Interoperability and Patient Access final rule (April 21, 2020)

Recommendations to Re-Open Health Care Systems in Areas with Low Incidence of COVID-19 (April 20, 2020)

Physicians and Other Clinicians: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 (March 30, 2020)

Trump Administration Makes Sweeping Regulatory Changes to Help U.S. Healthcare System Address COVID-19 Patient Surge (March 30, 2020)

Trump Administration Provides Financial Relief for Medicare Providers (March 28, 2020)

CMS relief for providers participating in quality reporting programs (March 22, 2020)

CMS Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations (March 18, 2020)

Expansion of Telehealth Benefits for Medicare Beneficiaries During COVID-19 (March 17, 2020)

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

CARES Act Provider Relief Fund Updated (June 19, 2020)

Terms and Conditions for Provider Relief Fund Distributions (May 5, 2020)

CARES Act Provider Relief Fund General Distribution Portal FAQs (April 27, 2020)

Health Resources & Services Administration: CARES Act Provider Relief Fund Payment Portal (April 26, 2020)

CARES Act Provider Relief Fund Application Guide (April 26, 2020)

COVID-19 Workforce Virtual Toolkit: Resources for Healthcare Decision-Makers Responding to COVID-19 Workforce Concerns (April 22, 2020)

Health Resources & Services Administration: CAR ES Act Provider Relief Fund Payment Attestation Portal (April 16, 2020)

HHS to begin immediate delivery of CARES Act provider relief funding (April 10, 2020)

Office for Civil Rights (OCR): Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth (March 17, 2020)

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American Medical Association (AMA)

AMA summary: Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (COVID 3.5) (April 24, 2020)

AMA urges emergency response protections for physicians (April 20, 2020)

AMA summary: prior authorization policy changes related to COVID-19 (April 10, 2020)

AMA physician practice financial relief guide (April 9, 2020)

AMA summary: guidance on state-level medical liability protections (April 8, 2020)

AMA sign-on letter to HHS about immediate financial assistance for physicians across the country (April 7, 2020) SIR signed on to this letter

AMA summary: H.R. 748, the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (CARES Act) (March 27, 2020)

AMA letter: Physician inclusion in congressional stimulus legislation (March 25, 2020) SIR signed on to this letter.

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR webinar to discuss the impact of the pandemic on practices (May 5, 2020)

ACR Sign-on letter to Congress about hazard pay for radiology providers (May 4, 2020)

American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Roadmap for Resuming Elective Surgery after COVID-19 Pandemic (April 17, 2020)

American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)

ACEP Field Guide to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (April 10, 2020)

Joint Commission

COVID-19 transmission in ASCs Webinar (May 14, 2020)

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19 (April 11, 2020)

Guidelines on Infection Prevention in Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19 (April 27, 2020)

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