MGMA Advocacy and Other Resources
MGMA ADVOCACY
- MGMA urges HHS to immediately begin financial support of medical groups (Mar. 27).
- MGMA urges HHS to further waive telehealth restrictions following CARES Act (Mar. 27).
- Statement on emergency funding for medical practices (Mar. 27).
- Together with a coalition of leading stakeholder groups, MGMA urges Congress to leverage health IT during COVID-19 emergency (Mar. 23)
- MGMA joins a coalition to call on Congress to ensure sustainability of physician practices during COVID-19 emergency (Mar. 20).
- MGMA calls on Congress to suspend appropriate use criteria (AUC) program, together with industry coalition (Mar. 20).
- MGMA recommends Congress to provide direct financial assistance to group practices and take further action on COVID-19 (Mar. 18).
- MGMA joins coalition recommending the Senate, House, and Administration ensure access to Medicare value-based care during COVID-19 pandemic (Mar. 18).
- MGMA asks HHS to exercise telehealth waiver authority (Mar. 11).
To read about our advocacy efforts on other issues, please visit our advocacy letter archive. To use our grassroots portal to get involved in advocacy, visit our Contact Congress portal.
A SPECIAL MGMA INSIGHTS PODCAST SERIES ON COVID-19
- Episode 1: An action plan for medical practices and healthcare professionals
- Episode 2: ‘COVID-19 has pretty much taken over my life’: A practice administrator’s perspective
- Episode 3: How one of Northern California’s largest health systems is responding to the crisis
- Episode 4: What healthcare leaders need to know about telehealth and the CMS policy changes
- Episode 5: Flattening the curve for America’s elderly patients through quarantine and isolation
- Episode 6: Did the healthcare system let down providers fighting on the front line?
- Episode 7: Keeping ‘a unified voice’ across a multispecialty clinic’s operations during the pandemic
CMS GUIDANCE
- CMS Resource on Current Emergencies
- CMS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Partner Toolkit
- Medicare COVID-19 Coverage and Payment
- Medicaid and CHIP Coverage and Benefits
- Individual and Small Group Market Insurance Coverage
CDC GUIDANCE
- CDC COVID-19 website
- What healthcare personnel should know about caring for patients with confirmed or possible COVID-19 infection
- Answers to frequently asked questions from healthcare providers
- Evaluation of patients under investigation
- Collection and submission of specimens
- Infection control and clinical care guidance
- Guidance for healthcare personnel with potential exposure
OTHER RESOURCES
- Johns Hopkins Mapping Tool for COVID-19
- World Health Organization Coronavirus website
- National Governors Association page on COVID-19
- AMA quick guide to telemedicine in practice
- ASPR COVID-19 Healthcare Planning Checklist
- OCR Bulletin: HIPAA Privacy & COVID-19
- Office of the Attending Physician COVID-19 decision tool
- US Department of Labor FFCRA guidance
