COVID-19 Resources for Healthcare
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Published: Mar 26, 2020
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As COVID-19 affects our nation, BKD’s healthcare pros understand the current operating environment is changing rapidly and adding stress. While healthcare leaders, physicians, and staff remain focused on the health and well-being of your people, business, patients, and community, you can rely on BKD for assistance to help relieve the strain. We’re in this together.
BKD Recent Articles & Alerts
- HRSA Opens Portal for Registration & New HHS Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements
- COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Brings New Healthcare Provisions Prior to Holidays
- Additional Clarification for Use of Provider Relief Funds
- HHS Releases Updates to CARES Act FAQ Guidance
- Coding Compliance Strategies in the COVID-19 Era
- Steady CDI During COVID-19 Changes
- Update on HHS COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund Considerations for Physician Practices
- Medicare Secondary Payer Update
- Vaccination Distribution for Long-Term Care Residents
- RHC Reimbursement Changes Included in Final COVID-19 Package
- HHS Issues Advisory Opinion Supporting 340B Contract Pharmacy Arrangements
- Hospital & Health Care Complex Cost Report Form CMS-2552-10 – Proposed Revisions
External Resources
- COVID-19 Payor Regulation Updates
- Healthcare Provider Money in the CARES Act
- QRP Relief
- Medicare Coverage and Payment Related to COVID-19
- Medicare COVID-19 Fact Sheet
- COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Healthcare Providers Fact Sheet
- Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Response to the Public Health
Emergency on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Provider Survery and Certification and FAQ
- Additional Emergency and Disaster-Related Policies and Procedures That May Be Implemented Only With a § 1135 Waiver
- COVID-19 Assessment Tools: Prioritization of Survey Activity (Includes Surveyor / Self Assessment Checklist)
- CDC Preparedness Checklist
- Infection Control Worksheet
- MDS – October 1, 2020 MDS 3.0 v1.18.1 Release Delay Announcement
- Waiver for MDS Timeframe Requirements (due to COVID-19)
- USA.gov has the latest information on the U.S. government’s COVID-19 response
- CDC.gov/coronavirus has the latest public health and safety information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CMS Announces Relief for Clinicians, Providers, Hospitals and Facilities Participating in Quality Reporting Programs in Response to COVID-19
- Trump Administration Releases COVID-19 Checklists & Tools to Accelerate Relief for State Medicaid & CHIP Programs
- Toolkit on State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 Prevalence in Nursing Homes