Novel Coronavirus Round-Up: Feds Offer Plethora of Guidance to Combat Novel Coronavirus

Why This Topic Matters

It helps readers understand how federal agencies were responding to COVID-19 and where coding, billing, and public health guidance were changing during the early outbreak period.

Article Sections

1. Backstory

   Overview of the outbreak context, CDC monitoring activity, and the general types of clinical guidance being released during the early response period.

2. Public health

   Discussion of the federal public health emergency response and related announcements from HHS and international health authorities.

3. HCPCS code for lab test

   Coverage of the CMS laboratory testing update and the related billing guidance for coronavirus-related testing.

4. Vaccine update

   Summary of federal collaboration efforts related to coronavirus therapeutics and vaccine development.