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CVSA tells inspectors not to slow down COVID vaccine shipments for inspections A bulletin issued Friday, Jan. 8, by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance advises inspectors to not hold up trucks for inspection that are transporting the COVID-19 vaccine. “The COVID-19 vaccine is temperature sensitive,” the bulletin says. “Every effort should be made to get the vaccine to its destination. Shipments should not be held up for an inspection, unless there is an obvious serious violations that is an imminent hazard.” The notice adds that the vaccine is kept cold using dry ice, which can be...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), originally part of the March 27, 2020, CARES Act, has undergone several changes since its inception, including June’s PPP Flexibility Act, a myriad of Interim Final Rules and other guidance issued by the Small Business Administration (SBA). On December 27, 2020, a new stimulus bill (the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) was signed into law, comprehensively changing the PPP and associated small-business provisions of the CARES Act. Tax treatment of PPP loans   The new stimulus bill prov...

Highlights The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Final Rule for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), which contains updates to the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The MPFS dictates Medicare rates and policies under Part B, while the QPP implements two value-based payment programs: the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs). Among notable changes, CMS has proposed to make permanent certain telehealth changes that have been implemented in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE)...