At President Trump’s direction, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR) released a new toolkit to help state and local healthcare decision makers maximize workforce flexibilities when confronting Coronavirus (COVID-19) in their communities. The COVID-19 Healthcare Workforce Toolkit builds on the steps CMS has taken to ensure healthcare facilities across the nation are fully staffed and equipped to treat COVID-19 patients as efficiently as possible. This comprehensive toolkit for individuals managing workforces during the COVID-19 pandemic provides helpful information on funding flexibilities, liability protections, and workforce training all in one place. The COVID-19 Healthcare Workforce Toolkit also provides up-to-date best practices so that state and local healthcare decision makers have a go-to resource to know what’s been implemented in the field and to find out how it’s working.

The toolkit is available online and includes an assistance center, information exchange of case studies and additional peer-to-peer communications that can be used to help local communities determine the best way to battle the COVID-19 based on their unique needs.

Click here to view the COVID-19 Healthcare Workforce Toolkit

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Funds

Providers who received U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) funds during the first round will receive some more.

Click here for the link relative to $20 billion in “general funds” scheduled to be going to hospitals and doctors on Friday. This allocation will be made using the same methodology as the first round of funding but based upon patient revenue from 2018 instead of 2019, which was what was used for the first payments of $30 billion. Note the Attestation needed to confirm receipt of the funds and agreement as to terms and conditions of payment.

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