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President Trump to invoke Defense Production Act
The Department of Defense is releasing up to 2,000 ventilators and is making available up to 5 million N95 face masks from reserves.
Virtual health: From Camp Fire to coronavirus
Paradise Medical Group is running a virtual practice as the federal government today announced expanded access to telehealth services.
President Trump issues new coronavirus guidance
Providers ask for $1 billion to care for patients and to ensure they can get personal protection equipment.
President Donald Trump declares the coronavirus a national emergency
The designation frees up billions in funding for states and relaxes rules for providers and the federal government.
Hospitals, physicians, nurses ask for coronavirus disaster declaration
The groups need the emergency waiver for the sharing of resources and have asked for assurances on testing and coverage.
Healthcare disruptors outperform hospitals in digital readiness
Traditional providers are at risk of losing consumers over online experience, report shows.
How test kit shortages have hampered coronavirus containment efforts
President Trump announces travel bans, emergency measures to help individuals and small businesses financially impacted.
Insurance CEOs meet with President Trump, pledge coverage for coronavirus
CMS has provided flexibility to Medicare Advantage and Part D plans on testing, treatment and prevention.
Blue Shield of California to cover whole genome sequencing of critically-ill children
Interoperability rules risk patient privacy, say insurers, hospitals
Health information will be transferred outside the protections of federal privacy laws, with information bought and sold on the open market, AHIP says.
