COVID-19 Information for Healthcare Providers

Information for Hospitals & Health Care Professionals

The NH Department of Health & Human services, the American Hospital Association and the CDC, are providing updated information for hospital staff, health care providers and caregivers. Check back to these sites for regular updates.

New Hampshire Hospital Association

• NHHA Waiver Tracker (05.28.21)

• New Hampshire Hospital Association 1135 Waiver Request

• New Hampshire Hospital Association Waiver Approval Letter

• New Hampshire Hospital Association Waiver Request, Freestanding Rehabilitation Hospitals

• New Hampshire Hospital Association Waiver Request, Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies

• New Hampshire Hospital Association Waiver Request, Health Care Facilities Licensing

• New Hamphire Hospital Association Waiver Request, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorizations (1.14.21)

• NUBC Announcement for COVID-19 Claims

• Facility Access & Patient Visitor and Vendor Screening

• Consideration of Cancellation of Elective and Non-Urgent Surgeries

• Information for Public Information Officers

• COVID-19 Resource List

NH Department of Health & Human Services

• Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

• Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) and Clinicians

• NH DPHS Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Self-Quarantine Guide:

• NH DPHS Health Alert Network (HAN) message(s)

• NH DHHS Dashboard

• State of NH High Threat Infectious Disease Plan

• BEAS COVID-19 Emergency Guidance for Medicaid-funded Self Directed Personal Care

• BEAS COVID-19 Emergency Choices for Independence Waiver (CFI) Guidance

• NH Medicaid COVID-19 Fact Sheet

State of NH Resources, COVID-19

• New Hampshire Insurance Department

• Charitable Trust Unit

• NH Judicial Branch

• NH Employment Security - Long Term Care Stabilization Program Guidance

• NH Crisis Standards of Care Plan

American Hospital Association

• AHA Updates & Resources on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

• AHA Letter to HHS/CMS to Waive Interest or Substantially Reduce the Interest Rate on Accelerated/Advanced Payments

• AHA Letter to HHS Urging Temporary Suspension of Certain Requirements for Health Care Providers

• AHA Letter to HHS/CMS Urging Additional Action to Expand Telehealth

• AHA Letter to CMS Urging Extension of 20% Hospital Add-on Payment to LTCHs

• AHA Letter to HHS Requesting Guidance and Flexiblity for Providers Caring for Patients with Behavioral Health Disorders

• AHA Letter to CMS Seeking Additional Home Health Telehealth and Documentation Relief

• AHA Letter to HHS/HRSA Urging Flexibility on Administering 340b Programs During COVID-19

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

• Information for Healthcare Professionals

• Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Communities

• Frequently Asked Questions for Healthcare Providers

• Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Healthcare Settings

• Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

• Personal Protective Equipment When Caring for COVID-19 Patients

• Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators

• Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Requirements and Implications Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

• Communications tools

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• Physicians and Other Clinicians: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19

• COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (3.13.20)

• COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (3.30.20)

• COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (4.9.20)

• COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (4.15.20)

• COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (4.21.20)

• COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (5.11.20)

• COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (5.15.20)

• COVID-19 Accelerated Payment & Advance Payment Fact Sheet

• QSO-20-20-All Survey Guidance

• QSO-20-21-CLIA Lab Guidance During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

• COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions on Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Billing

• Frequently Asked Questions for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals Regarding EMTALA

• QSO-20-15 EMTALA Requirements and Implications Related to COVID-19 (Revised)

• NHHA CMS Waiver Request - Medicare Advantage Prior Authorizations (1.14.21)