Distribution of CARES Act Funding
ACHP urges HHS to adjust the distribution formula for CARES Act Funding to allocate resources to those disadvantaged in the first tranche of funding.
Year: 2020
Policy Requests to CMS in Addressing the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
ACHP has providied CMS with key policy recommendations to ensure continuity and access to health coverage and care.
Hospitals Need Cash. For-Profit Insurers Have It.
April 10, 2020 by Ceci Connolly Recently, Sean Nicholson and David A. Asch penned a piece for Harvard Business Review asserting health insurers should begin injecting cash into hospitals to make up for revenue shortfalls. Nicholson and Asch are right that hospitals are in dire need of help. But their assessment of the role health plans can and should take … Continued
Request to CMS for Delay of Interoperability Rule Implementation
To allow health organizations to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, ACHP urges CMS to delay the deadline for implementing new interoperability requirements.
Testing: Community Health Plans and COVID-19
April 9, 2020 The COVID-19 public health crisis continues to exert extreme pressures on all facets of our health care system. Steady infection rates and inadequate test supplies are only further straining our ability to diagnose, track and contain COVID-19. The nonprofit members of the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) are innovating with their … Continued
