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Monday, July 20, 2020
Here's What You Missed from HHS: July 19, 2020
An official
email from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Latest U.S.
Department of Health & Human Services News Releases
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),
is announcing it will begin distributing $10 billion in a second round of
high impact COVID-19 area funding to hospitals starting next week. Read full news release
On Wednesday, July 15, CDC Director Robert Redfield and
HHS Chief Information Officer Jose Arrieta provided an update for members
of the media on HHS efforts to gather and disseminate real-time hospital
data on COVID-19. Read full news release
On this episode of “Learning Curve”, Caputo sits down with
CMS Administrator Seema Verma, to discuss the ongoing efforts around
nursing homes, telehealth expansion, and getting back to healthcare
during COVID-19.
Today, under the leadership of President Trump, the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing a large-scale
procurement of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -authorized rapid
point-of-care diagnostic test instruments and tests to be distributed to
nursing homes in COVID-19 hotspot geographic areas with the United
States. Read full news release
The 42 CFR Part 2 regulations (Part 2) serve to protect
patient records created by federally assisted programs for the treatment
of substance use disorders (SUD). Read full news release
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS or Department), announces the adoption of the revised
Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulation, 42
CFR Part 2. Read full news release
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