COVID-19 Federal Policy Information

CARES Act

• CARES Act Healthcare Provider Relief Fund Update: New Distribution and Extended Deadlines

• CARES Act: AMA COVID-19 Pandemic Telehealth Fact Sheet 

• What The CARES Act Means for The Health Care Industry 

DEA 

• COVID-19 Information 

DoL

•  Coronavirus Resources 

HHS

• HHS Releases Tool to Improve COVID-19 Antibody Treatment Capacity

• HHS Extends Reporting Deadline for Recipients of Provider Relief Fund Payments

• Secretary Becerra Warns Insurers and Providers that COVID-19 Vaccines Must be Free for Patients

• Biden Admin Unveils Plan for Distributing COVID-19 Vaccine to Other Countries

• HHS Launches Venture Capital Partnership to Develop Global Health Security Fund

• HHS to Dedicate $4.8 Billion to COVID-19 Testing for the Uninsured

• HHS Launches New Reimbursement Program for COVID-19 Administration Fees not Covered by Insurance

• Trump Administration Partners with Chain and Independent Community Pharmacies to Increase Access to Future COVID-19 Vaccines 

• HHS Allocates Lilly Therapeutic to Treat Patients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19 

• HHS Allocates Regeneron Therapeutic to Treat Patients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19

• HHS Loosens Restrictions on COVID Relief Fund Spending 

• HHS Teams Up with The Rockefeller Foundation to Share Best Practices for Increased COVID-19 Testing 

• Government Describes Plan to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine

• Trump Administration Takes Action to Expand Access to COVID-19 Vaccines

• HHS Allows Health Plans to Contact Recovered COVID-19 Patients for Plasma Donations

• Trump Administration Collaborates with McKesson for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

• HHS Expands Access to Childhood Vaccines During COVID-19 Pandemic  

• HHS Provides More Details on Provider Relief Fund Reporting 

• HHS to Distribute $4B in COVID-19 Aid — Here's How Much Hospitals in Each State are Getting

• HHS Allocates Another $4B in COVID-19 Relief Funds to Rural Facilities, Safety Net Hospitals

• HHS Will Distribute Another $35B in COVID-19 Relief to Healthcare Companies

• HHS ASPR Offers Additional $250M to Bolster US Healthcare Systems’ COVID-19 Response

• HHS Announces New Laboratory Data Reporting Guidance for COVID-19 Testing 

• HHS Provides Additional $250 Million to Help US Health Care Systems Respond to COVID-19

• HHS Issues Advisory Opinion on Pharmacists Ability to Order and Administer COVID-19 Testing 
• HHS To Award $5 Million for Health Services Research Related to COVID-19
• HHS Authorizes Licensed Pharmacists to Order and Administer COVID-19 Tests
• Limited HIPAA Waiver of Sanctions and Policies 
• Coronavirus Waivers and Flexibilities 
• HHS Funding Diagnostic Test Development 

NIAID

• NIAID Issues COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

NIH

• New NIH Funding Aims to Reduce Covid-19 Testing Disparities 

• NIH announces boost in COVID-19 testing capacity worth $129.3M

• Urged On by Scientists, NIH Will Study Gilead’s Remdesivir-like Compound Against Covid-19

• NIH Launches Imagining AI Collaboration for COVID-19 and Beyond

• Clinical Trial of Hydroxychloroquine Begins

Operation Warp Speed

• Defense Experience, Capabilities Further ‘Herculean’ Operation Warp Speed Efforts
• Operation Warp Speed on Track for End-of-Year Vaccine Delivery 

OSHA

• COVID-19 Resources