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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Links and Resources

Apr 1, 2020

The CARES Act:

• The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

Coronavirus case tracker:

• Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) Coronavirus COVID-19 tracker web dashboard

CDC:

• COVID-19
• CDC Announcement New ICD-10-CM Code 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Available April 1)

CMS:

• CMS Emergency Information  
• CMS Fact Sheet Medicare coverage and payment related to COVID-19 
• CMS Fact Sheet on pricing for CDC and non-CDC COVID-19 lab tests
• CMS Quality Safety and Oversight Group: Infection Prevention and Control (Feb. 6, 2020)
• CMS modifications to quality reporting requirements
• CMS State Medicaid 1135 Waivers

Commercial Payors:

• BCBS
• Aetna

FDA Emergency Use Authorization:

• Fact Sheet for Health Care Providers 

HIPAA/HHS:

• Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Emergency COVID-19 website
• February 2020 Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services BULLETIN: HIPAA Privacy and Novel Coronavirus
• HHS 1135 Waivers

Emergency Response (HIPAA): 

• HHS Emergency Response 
• HHS FAQ 1068 “Is the HIPAA Privacy Rule suspended during a national or public health emergency?” 
• HHS FAQ 960 “Can health care information be shared in a severe disaster?” 
• Contingency Plan:  March 2018 OCR Cyber Newsletter
• HHS ASPR TRACIE (Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Technical Resources, Assistance Center and Information Exchange) Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Information Gateway

Medicaid, CHIP: 

• COVID-19 FAQs for state Medicaid and CHIP agencies

OSHA:

• U.S. Department of Labor offers guidance for preparing workplaces for coronavirus
• Guidance on preparing workplaces for COVID-19
• COVID-19 or Other Public Health Emergencies

States:

• Executive Orders

Telehealth:

• Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, including Telehealth Services During Certain Emergency Periods Act of 2020 
• CMS Booklet on Telehealth Services (1/2019) 
• Center for Connected Health Policy, CMS Telehealth Letter Responses 12/2019 
• NIST Securing Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem
• OCR Enforcement Discretions for Telehealth Communications
• OCR Guidance on Telehealth Communications

World Health Organization (WHO):

• WHO COVID-19 webpage
• WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19, March 11, 2020