Tag: Relief funds
In brief: COVID-19 data, tax penalty on relief funds, oxygen shortages and review of NIV
June 26, 2020HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Older Americans and those with chronic health conditions are at the highest risk for COVID-19, according to data released by CMS last week.
The data confirms long-understood disparities in health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority groups, and among low-income populations, the agency says.
“The disparities in the data reflect long-standing challenges facing minority communities and low income older adults, many of whom face structural challenges to their health that go...
Tax-paying providers lose 21%, organizations say
June 26, 2020HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - AAHomecare has joined 17 other health care organizations in sending a letter to Congress asking them to fix a tax penalty embedded in the CARES Act.The organizations say, without a correction, tax-paying health care providers lose at least 21% of the benefit of relief funds related to the coronavirus pandemic.“Clawing back one-fifth of the CARES Act relief will only magnify pressures for the HME community and other health care providers,” said Tom Ryan, president and CEO...