A bipartisan group of 50 Senators, led by Senator Brian Schatz introduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2021, which builds on prior iterations of the bill with learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Last year as the COVID-19 pandemic forced many providers to close their doors for in-person care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Congress acted quickly to provide waivers, administrative relief, and reimbursement for telehealth services so patients could receive care safely at home.
Many of these flexibilities are tied to the public health emergency (PHE) declaration that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has the authority to declare and extend under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act. The PHE was most recently extended by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra for another 90 days on April 21. It is anticipated that HHS will keep the PHE in place for at least the remainder of 2021, and possibly longer, though permanent telehealth policy changes will need to come from Congress. Congress typically works better under deadlines, so the end of the PHE will be an action-forcing event th
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President Biden to Announce Goal to Administer at Least One Vaccine Shot to 70% of U.S. Adult Population by
The White House
New Efforts Will Increase Walk-In Appointments, Pop-Up Clinics, and Mobile Units to Make Vaccines More Readily Available to Every Person in the U.S.
Additional Funding Going to States and Rural Communities to Support Vaccine Education and On-the-Ground Outreach Efforts
As we continue our path out of the COVID-19 pandemic, today, President Biden will announce a goal for 70% of the U.S. adult population to have one vaccine shot and 160 million U.S. adults to be fully vaccinated by July 4
New Efforts Will Increase Walk-In Appointments, Pop-Up Clinics, and Mobile Units to Make Vaccines More Readily Available to Every Person in the U.S.
Additional Funding Going to States and Rural Communities to Support Vaccine Education and On-the-Ground Outreach Efforts
As we continue our path out of the COVID-19 pandemic, today, President Biden will announce a goal for 70% of the U.S. adult population to have one vaccine shot and 160 million U.S. adults to be fully vaccinated by July 4
th so that life can start to look closer to normal.
In the next phase of the vaccination campaign, the Administration will make getting vaccinated more accessible than ever before, continuing to increase people’s confidence in the vaccines and ensuring that everyone is reached in the response. Today, the President will announce that he is directing tens of thousands of pharmacies in the federal pharmacy program to offer walk-in appointments; redirecting Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
The Daily Yonder Congress Fixed an Old Bill Threatening Fiscal Health of Rural Clinics A legislative glitch from 2020 Covid-19 relief package put many of the rural clinics at risk of deepening their fiscal distress. Newly passed legislation aims to fix that.
The Capitol as seen in Washington, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Legislation designed to prevent further financial instability for rural health clinics passed in the Senate, and soon after cleared the House.
The bipartisan Strengthening Rural Health Clinics Act of 2021, introduced by U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-Virginia) and Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), fixes a technical issue to protect existing rural health clinics from a sudden, unexpected Medicare payment rate change that was included in the December 2020 Covid-19 relief bill.