The Administration for Children and Families to Release Funding to Support the Child Care and Development Block Grant

15. April 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
On March 27, the President signed a $2 trillion emergency relief bill aimed at providing economic relief to the nation’s families, workers, and businesses. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act will provide the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) with $6.3 billion in additional funding that will aid in the continuation of ...

HHS Announces New Ventilator Contracts, Orders Now Totaling Over 130,000 Ventilators

14. April 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
This week, the Department of Health and Human Services announced five new contracts for ventilator production rated under the Defense Production Act (DPA), to General Electric, Hill-Rom, Medtronic, ResMed, and Vyaire, as well as two other contracts for ventilator production, to Hamilton and Zoll. In total, combined with contracts with General Motors and Philips rated ...