Expands health-insurance coverage for diagnostic testing and requires coverage for preventative services and vaccines (Aetna and CIGNA, more to follow) Revises other provisions regarding the medical supply chain, the national stockpile, the healthcare workforce, the Healthy Start program, telehealth serv...
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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act allocated $350 billion to help small businesses and nonprofits keep workers employed amid the pandemic and economic downturn. Known as the Paycheck Protection Program, the initiative provides 100% federally guaranteed loans to eligible ...
Available to small businesses (generally defined as businesses with not more than 500 employees) to pay for payroll, certain benefits (such as health insurance premiums), rent, utilities, and interest on mortgages or existing debt. Made by financial institutions approved by the SBA and the Departm...
The CARES Act aligns the Federal Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records Act with privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). That is, the law generally allows disclosure and re-disclosure of covered records for treatment, payment or health ...
Use Limitations for Section 7(a) Loans and EIDLs:The proceeds of Section 7(a) loans and EIDLs may only be used for specified purposes – generally limited to employee payroll, continuation of health care benefits to employees on paid leave, health insurance premiums, and other operating costs...
The federal supplement would not affect eligibility for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. State UC programs would be fully reimbursed for the cost of administering the supplement and for the cost of the supplement itself. States would be permitted to expand eligibility to provide...
Payment for the provision of employee benefits (including insurance premiums) consisting of group health care coverage, group life, disability, vision, or dental insurance, and retirement benefits Payment of state and local taxes assessed on employee compensation Owner Compensation for independent contracto...
ability to waive cost sharing for telehealth and other remote health care modalities, and the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced nonenforcement of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements for telehealth services provided in good faith during the public health ...
To qualify for an EIDL under the CARES Act, the applicant must have suffered “substantial economic injury” from COVID-19. EIDLs under the CARES Act are based on a company’s actual economic injury determined by the SBA (less any recoveries such as insurance proceeds) up to $2 million....