Coronavirus Press Releases

Secretary Azar's PHE declaration press release (1/31/20)

Our press releases:  

• CMS Releases Comprehensive Pandemic Plan to Chronicle Key Lessons and Strengthen Agency’s Resiliency to Future Pandemic Virus Events (1/12/21)
• CMS Launches Automated Web Tool for 1135 Waiver Requests and Public Health Emergency-Related Inquiries During Crises Like COVID-19 (1/11/21)
• Statement from CMS Administrator Seema Verma on FDA Emergency Use Authorization of a COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate (12/12/20)
• CMS Announces Comprehensive Strategy to Enhance Hospital Capacity Amid COVID-19 Surge (11/25/20)
• CMS Urging Nursing Homes to Follow Established COVID Guidelines This Holiday Season (11/18/20)
• CMS Releases Nursing Home COVID-19 Training Data with Urgent Call to Action (11/17/20)
• CMS Takes Steps to Ensure Medicare Beneficiaries Have Wide Access to COVID-19 Antibody Treatment (11/10/20)
• Trump Administration Acts to Ensure Coverage of Life-Saving COVID-19 Vaccines & Therapeutics (10/28/20)
• CMS Changes Medicare Payment to Support Faster COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing (10/15/20)
• CMS Announces New Repayment Terms for Medicare Loans made to Providers during COVID-19 (10/8/20)
• CMS Updates COVID-19 Testing Methodology for Nursing Homes (9/29/20)
• CMS Releases New Tools to Streamline Certification for Labs Testing for COVID-19 (9/25/20)
• CMS Announces New Guidance for Safe Visitation in Nursing Homes During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency  (9/17/20)
• Independent Nursing Home COVID-19 Commission Findings Validate Unprecedented Federal Response (9/16/20)
• CMS Administrator Hosts Roundtable in Tampa on COVID-19 (9/4/20)
• CMS posts guidance for implementing new testing requirements in nursing homes and labs (8/26/20)
• Trump Administration Strengthens COVID-19 Surveillance with New Reporting and Testing Requirements for Nursing Homes, Other Providers (8/25/20)
• Trump Administration Launches National Training Program to Strengthen Nursing Home Infection Control Practices (8/25/20)
• CMS Issues Informational Bulletin on Medicaid Reimbursement Strategies to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 in Nursing Facilities (8/24/20)
• CMS Administrator Seema Verma Hosts Roundtable in Dallas on COVID-19 (8/20/20)
• CMS News Alert August 17, 2020:  Key Components for Continued COVID-19 Management for Dialysis Facilities (8/17/20)
• CMS Announces a Temporary Policy for Premium Reductions (8/4/20)
• CMS Announces New Hospital Procedure Codes for Therapeutics in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (7/30/20)
• CMS and CDC announce provider reimbursement available for counseling patients to self-isolate at time of COVID-19 testing (7/30/20)
• CMS Administrator Seema Verma Hosts COVID-19 Roundtables in Atlanta (7/28/20)
• CMS Updates Data on COVID-19 Impacts on Medicare Beneficiaries (7/28/20)
• Trump Administration Announces New Resources to Protect Nursing Home Residents Against COVID-19 (7/22/20)
• CMS Directs Additional Resources to Nursing Homes in COVID-19 Hotspot Areas (7/9/20)
• CMS Administrator Seema Verma Hosts Virtual Roundtable in Detroit (7/10/20)
• CMS Ends Emergency Blanket Waiver for the Nursing Home Staffing Data Submission Requirement (6/25/20)
• Trump Administration Issues Call to Action Based on New Data Detailing COVID-19 Impacts on Medicare Beneficiaries (6/22/20)
• CMS Announces Membership of Independent Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes (6/19/20)
• Nursing Home Residents’ Right to retain Federal Economic Incentive Payments (6/12/20)
• Trump Administration Encourages Reopening of Healthcare Facilities (6/9/20)
• HHS Announces New Laboratory Data Reporting Guidance for COVID-19 Testing (6/5/20)
• Nursing Home COVID-19 Data and Inspections Results Available on Nursing Home Compare (6/4/20)
• Trump Administration Unveils Enhanced Enforcement Actions Based on Nursing Home COVID-19 Data and Inspection Results (6/1/20)
• CMS News Alert May 19, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (5/19/20)
• Trump Administration Issues Guidance to Ensure States Have a Plan in Place to Safely Reopen Nursing Homes (5/18/20)
• CMS News Alert May 15, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (5/15/20)
• Trump Administration Announces Call for Nominations for Nursing Home Commission (5/14/20)
• CMS Issues Nursing Homes Best Practices Toolkit to Combat COVID-19 (5/13/20)
• CMS News Alert May 13, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (5/13/20)
• CMS News Alert May 11, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (5/11/20)
• CMS News Alert May 7, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (5/7/20)
• CMS News Alert May 6, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (5/6/20)
• CMS News Alert May 5, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (5/5/20)
• CMS News Alert May 1, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (5/1/20)
• Trump Administration Issues Second Round of Sweeping Changes to Support U.S. Healthcare System During COVID-19 Pandemic (4/30/20)
• CMS News Alert April 27, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (4/27/20)
• CMS Reevaluates Accelerated Payment Program and Suspends Advance Payment Program (4/26/20)
• Trump Administration Releases COVID-19 Telehealth Toolkit to Accelerate State Use of Telehealth in Medicaid and CHIP (4/23/20)
• CMS News Alert April 23, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (4/23/20)
• Trump Administration Launches New Toolkit to Help States Navigate COVID-19 Health Workforce Challenges (4/22/20)
• Statements from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Interoperability Flexibilities amid the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (4/21/20)
• CMS Issues Guidance Allowing Independent Freestanding Emergency Departments to Provide Care to Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (4/21/20)
• CMS News Alert April 21, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (4/21/20)
• Trump Administration Champions Reporting of COVID-19 Clinical Trial Data through Quality Payment Program, Announces New Clinical Trials Improvement Activity (4/20/20)
• CMS Issues Recommendations to Re-Open Health Care Systems in Areas with Low Incidence of COVID-19 (4/19/20)
• Trump Administration Announces New Nursing Homes COVID-19 Transparency Effort (4/19/20)
• CMS News Alert April 16, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (4/16/20)
• CMS Increases Medicare Payment for High-Production Coronavirus Lab Tests (4/15/20)
• CMS News Alert April 14, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (4/14/20)
• CMS News Alert April 13, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (4/13/20)
• Trump Administration Announces Expanded Coverage for Essential Diagnostic Services Amid COVID-19 Public Health Emergency  (4/11/20)
• Trump Administration Acts to Ensure U.S. Healthcare Facilities Can Maximize Frontline Workforces to Confront COVID-19 Crisis (4/9/20)
• CMS News Alert April 9, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) 4/9/20
• CMS Issues New Wave of Infection Control Guidance Based on CDC Guidelines to Protect Patients and Healthcare Workers from COVID-19 (4/8/20)
• CMS Approves Approximately $34 Billion for Providers with the Accelerated/Advance Payment Program for Medicare Providers in One Week (4/7/20)
• CMS News Alert April 7, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) 4/7/20
• CMS News Alert April 6, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) 4/6/20
• Trump Administration Issues Key Recommendations to Nursing Homes, State and Local Governments (4/3/20)
• CMS News Alert April 2, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 4/2/20
• Trump Administration Makes Sweeping Regulatory Changes to Help U.S. Healthcare System Address COVID-19 Patient Surge (3/30/20)
• CMS News Alert March 30, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (3/30/20)
• Trump Administration Engages America's Hospitals in Unprecedented Data Sharing (3/29/20)
• Trump Administration Provides Financial Relief for Medicare Providers (3/28/20)
• Trump Administration Approves 34th State Request for Medicaid Emergency Waivers (3/27/20)
• CMS News Alert March 27, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (3/27/20)
• CMS News Alert March 26, 2020:  A Summary of Recent CMS Actions Taken in Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (3/26/20)
• CMS Approves Medicaid Section 1135 Waivers for 11 Additional States in Response to COVID-19 (3/24/20)
• CMS Announces Findings at Kirkland Nursing Home and New Targeted Plan for Healthcare Facility Inspections in Light of COVID-19 (3/23/20)
• Kirkland, Washington Update and Survey Prioritization Fact Sheet (3/23/20)
• Trump Administration Releases COVID-19 Checklists and Tools to Accelerate Relief for State Medicaid and CHIP Programs (3/22/20)
• CMS Announces Relief for Clinicians, Providers, Hospitals, and Facilities Participating in the Quality Reporting Programs in Response to COVID-19 (3/22/20)
• CMS Approves Washington State's Request for 1135 Medicaid Waivers (3/20/20)
• CMS Issues Frequently Asked Questions on Catastrophic Health Coverage and the Coronavirus (3/19/20)
• CMS Releases Recommendations on Adult Elective Surgeries, Non-Essential Medical, Surgical, and Dental Procedures During COVID-19 Response (3/19/20)
• CMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for State Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies (3/18/20)
• CMS Sends Guidance to Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Organizations (3/17/20)
• President Trump Expands Telehealth Benefits for Medicare Beneficiaries During COVID-19 Outbreak (3/17/20)
• CMS Approves First State Request for 1135 Medicaid Waiver in Florida (3/17/20)
• CMS Announces New Measures to Protect Nursing Home Residents from COVID-19 (3/13/20)
• Emergency Declaration Press Call Remarks by CMS Administrator Seema Verma (3/13/20)
• CMS takes Action Nationwide to Aggressively Respond to Cororavirus National Emergency  (3/13/20)
• CMS Publishes FAQs to Ensure Individuals, Issuers and States have Clear Information on Coverage Benefits for COVID-19 (3/13/20)
• CMS Issues Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to Aid State Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies in Their Response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak (3/12/20)
• CMS issues Frequently Asked Questions on Guidance to State Survey Agencies Suspending Non-Emergency Survey Inspections (3/10/20)
• CMS Issues Key Protective Mask Guidance for Healthcare Workers (3/10/20)
• CMS Sends More Detailed Guidance to Providers about COVID-19 (3/10/20)
• CMS Issues Guidance to help Medicare Advantage and Part D Plans Respond to COVID-19 (3/10/20)
• CMS Issues Call to Action for Hospital Emergency Departments to Screen Patients for Coronavirus (3/9/20)
• CMS Issues Clear, Actionable Guidance to Providers about COVID-19 Virus (3/9/20)
• Telehealth Benefits in Medicare are a Lifeline for Patients During Coronavirus Outbreak (3/9/20)
• COVID-19 Response News Alert: CMS Issues Frequently Asked Questions to Assist Medicare Providers (3/6/20)
• CMS Develops Additional Code for Coronavirus Lab Tests (3/5/20)
• CMS COVID-19 Response News Alerts: Press Release: CMS Announces Actions to Address Spread of Coronavirus (3/4/20)
• Public Health News Alert: CMS Develops New Code for Coronavirus Lab Test (2/13/20)
• CMS Prepares Nation's Healthcare Facilities for Coronavirus Threat (2/6/20)