CHA Advocacy and Statements

• June 5 – Joint Letter on Relief for Medicaid Providers
• June 4 – CHA Supports Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
• June 2 – Joint Letter on FMAP Increase
• May 21 – CHA Urges Senate to Act Quickly on Fourth Covid Bill
• May 20 – Statement of Solidarity: A Catholic Response to COVID-19 Behind Bars
• May 14 – CHA Supports Heroes Act
• May 11 – Letter to Congress on Priorities for Fourth Covid Supplemental
• May 7 – Joint Letter on Legal Protection for Health Facilities
• May 6 – Joint Letter on Rental Assistance During Covid-19
• May 5 – CHA Summary of CMS Covid-19 Interim Final Rule
• May 5 – Joint Catholic Letter on Covid-19 Response
• May 1 – Joint Letter on Relief for Medicaid Providers
• May 1 – Joint Letter on Anti-Kickback and Self-Referral Waivers
• April 30 – Palliative Care and Covid-19 Treatment Guidelines
• April 28 – Joint Letter to HHS on Part 2 Regulations
• April 28 – Joint Letter on Expanding Coverage During the Pandemic
• April 23 – Joint Letter on Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Programs
• April 23 – Joint Letter on Covid-19 Treatment for Immigrants
• April 21 – Summary of Hospital and Testing Provisions in Interim Supplemental
• April 21 – Summary of Paycheck Protection Program Increase Act
• April 20 - CHA Urges Administration and Congress to Provide Continued Critical Financial Support
• April 17 - Joint Letter on Medicaid Priorities for Covid-19 Relief
• April 16 - Joint Letter on Housing Assistance in Coronavirus Relief Package
• April 10 – CHA Supports Coronavirus Immigrant Protection Act
• April 10 – IRS Notice of Delay in 990 Filing Date
• April 9 – A Message of Hope and Solidarity Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic (Joint Statement with Catholic Charities USA)
• April 3 – CHA Summary of Covid-19 Regulatory Changes
• March 31 – CHA Summary of CARES Act
• March 31 – CHA Requests Extension of Six Months to File 990
• March 30 – Fact Sheet on Payments to Health Providers in Coronavirus Bill
• March 29 – Letter from Vice President on Hospital Testing Requirements
• March 28 – Analysis of Third Coronavirus Supplemental
• March 26 – Summary of Health Care Provisions in CARES Act
• March 27 – Catholic Health Care’s Responsibility to COVID-19 Patients at the End of Life
• March 26 – CHA Urges HHS to Implement Periodic Interim Payments
• March 25 – CHA Applauds Progress on COVID-19 Legislation
• March 23 – CHA Letter on Third Covid-19 Supplemental
• March 20 – CHA Requests to HHS and CMS to Help Address Pandemic
• March 19 – CHA Joins with Other Health Care Organizations in Identifying COVID-19 Response Priorities
• March 18 – Joint Association Letter on COVID-19
• March 18 – CHA Letter on Third COVID-19 Supplemental
• March 18 – Joint Letter to DHS on COVID-19 and Immigration Enforcement
• March 16 – COVID-19 Treatment and the Public Charge Rule
• March 12 – CHA Urges Action to Support Vulnerable Individuals Impacted by the Pandemic
• March 12 – CHA Letter to Congress on Coronavirus Support Bill
• March 12 - Joint Letter Supporting Housing Assistance in Coronavirus Response
• March 6 - CHA Summary of First Coronavirus Supplemental
• Feb. 18 - Joint Statement from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Catholic Health Association
• Feb. 18 - Ministry hospitals care for the first coronavirus patients in the US (Catholic Health World)

Government and Industry Resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website
• FEMA Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response
• Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - Current Emergencies listing
• U.S. Government Coronavirus (COVID-19) Messaging and Resources
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Partner Toolkit
• U.S. Department of Labor COVID-19 resources
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 resources
• U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division resources
• Guidance on COVID-19 in Older Adults: Key Points for Emergency Department Providers
• FBI Warns of Emerging Health Care Fraud Schemes Related to COVID-19 Pandemic
• How to Defend Against Cyber Scams during COVID-19
• Summary of Second COVID-19 Supplemental Bill
• Administration Temporarily Expands Telehealth Coverage
• CMS Issues Waivers of 3-Day Stay and Spell of Illness
• USCIS statement - COVID-19 treatment exempt from public charge determination
• CMS Article: Medicare and Coronavirus, What You Need to Know
• COVID-19 training through the TRAIN Learning Network (from the Public Health Foundation)
• ASHP Assessment of Evidence for COVID-19-Related Treatments
• AHRMM Recommendations on COVID-19 for Health Care Supply Chain
• Supportive Care Coalition Resources
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Collection of Research and Perspectives
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement Resources
• Kaiser Family Foundation State Data and Policy Actions to Address Covid-19
• Immunologist Shares Tips on How to Boost Your Immune System to Fight COVID-19
• FEMA Releases COVID-19 Operational Guidance for Hurricane Season
• The COVID-19 Tracking Project (from The Atlantic)

Upcoming Events

CHA Publications

• June 3 – In a Crisis, Keep Your Hospital Operators Close and Your Legislative Friends Closer
• June 3 – SCL Health shares tools it offers for employee mental health
• June 2 – Editor's Note Summer 2020
• June 1 – The Pandemic and Lessons to Share in Long-Term Care
• June 1 – On whether to publicly identify COVID patients, Catholic ethicists can disagree
• May 28 – Search for the Holy Spirit in the Midst of Chaos
• May 28 – Reasoned action is needed to restart clinical training for medical and nursing students, ethicists say
• May 27 – Trinity Health: Some changes wrought by the pandemic may be permanent and costly
• May 26 – Caregivers ride emotional roller coaster from heroic wins to devastating loss
• May 21 – Rural physician takes a measure of himself in the shoals of the pandemic
• May 20 – As pandemic makes staples scarce, health systems turn to suppliers near and far
• May 19 – Trinity Health offers free COVID-19 testing in hard-hit areas in and near Detroit
• May 18 – The Pandemic: Enduring Human Costs of Poverty
• May 18 – SSM Health put its staff wellness plan into high gear to cope with pandemic stress
• May 18 – Surveillance tools offer great promise, perils amid pandemic, ethicist says
• May 15 – Commentary: COVID-19 amplifies already urgent need for solutions to homelessness
• May 15 – Is It Ethical to Unilaterally Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatment in Triage Circumstances?
• May 14 – Chaplains care for patients and staff at COVID treatment facility
• May 14 – Pandemic laid bare emerging and ongoing ethical dilemmas, say Providence ethicists
• May 13 – Rural hospitals make contingency plans to account for, limit vulnerabilities
• May 12 – Constraints of pandemic care are potential triggers of moral distress, ethicists say
• May 12 – COVID-19, Criminal Justice and Calvary
• May 11 – Hospitals see up to half their patients delaying ER visits, other health care, during the pandemic
• May 8 – Nurse anesthetist goes right back to work when doctor gives all-clear after bout with COVID-19
• May 7 – Emergency management and financial experts share tips on tapping COVID-19 federal assistance
• May 6 – Moral Distress in Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals
• May 6 – Crash course: Sully offers inspiration for applying organizational ethics in a pandemic
• May 5 – Hospitals set up grocery stores, offer takeout meals for employees during pandemic
• May 4 – Gonzales Says of CHA's Mission Department: We're Here to Help
• May 1 – After near-death bout with COVID-19, Mercy patient who got plasma treatment is almost ready to go home
• May 1 – SSM Health DePaul partners with food bank for a healthier start to family life
• April 30 – Sister, physician helps Houstonians ward off medical, socioeconomic ills
• April 30 – Mercy critical care director focuses on healing the sickest of the sick
• April 29 – Social workers and chaplains encouraged to innovate under pressure to meet needs of patients, families and staff
• April 29 – 2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife: Trailblazers in American Health Care
• April 28 – Health Care Organizations Expand Their Anchor Institution Roles
• April 28 – Putting health workers first for some treatments amid pandemic is justifiable, ethicists say
• April 27 – Catholic universities extend hand to Catholic hospitals, health care staff during pandemic
• April 24 – Mercy St. Louis is using convalescent plasma in experimental COVID-19 treatment
• April 24 – Gazing Through the Mask
• April 23 – As patients return, surgeons at CHRISTUS children's hospital learn to 'smize'
• April 23 – Resuscitation considerations go beyond patients amid pandemic, Catholic ethicists say
• April 22 – Consistency, communication vital in addressing challenging protocol dilemmas
• April 21 – Centura Health nurses come flying when New Jersey hospitals call for help
• April 21 – Providence St. Joseph associates get quick access to mental health care amid pandemic
• April 20 – What to say and how to say it: Executives discuss crisis communication in the heat of a pandemic
• April 20 – Happy hours: Orthopedic surgeon lifts spirits by producing hand sanitizer at his vodka distillery
• April 17 – Patience: A Guiding Principle
• April 17 – Chaplains Minister amidst Changes Brought by Pandemic
• April 16 – As pandemic spreads, use of telehealth by clinicians and health systems surges 
• April 16 – ICU nurse creates relaxation spaces where COVID care providers can pause and breathe
• April 15 – For people who don't have an advance care directive, this quick form could be the next best thing 
• April 14 – Guidelines for Rationing Treatment During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Catholic Approach 
• April 14 – Sulmasy says it should be 'ethics as usual,' even in extraordinary times 
• April 10 – Hallway karaoke and bingo with call lights: Residential care centers get creative to keep residents engaged, connected 
• April 9 – HSHS home care staffers deliver 'Baskets of Blessings' for Easter 
• April 8 – Virtue and Vice in the Pandemic 
• April 8 – Palliative care practitioners can stretch resources while defending the integrity of their specialty
• April 7 – Housekeeping staff has a pivotal role in protecting patients, hospital colleagues 
• April 7 – Behind the Scenes on the Front Lines of COVID-19 
• April 6 – Behavioral health care adapts in a time of COVID-19 
• April 6 – Foundational principles should guide care decisions for COVID-19 patients, ethicists say 
• April 6 – SSM finds Costco partnership especially timely amid health emergency (Catholic Health World)
• April 3 – Editor's Note (Health Progress)
• April 3 – ArchCare pleads for personal protective equipment (Catholic Health World)
• April 2 – Iowa hospital asks visitors and patients to mask up to protect others (Catholic Health World)
• April 2 – Health facilities turn to virtual visits to keep public at safe distance (Catholic Health World)
• March 31 – Palliative care teams' expertise critical in COVID-19 preparations, response
  (Catholic Health World)
• March 30 – Hospitals asking community for personal protective gear is 'unprecedented' (Catholic Health World)
• March 30 – PeaceHealth workers in Washington volunteer for duty at hard-hit private rehab center (Catholic Health World)
• March 27 – Providence St. Joseph moves to shore up supplies ahead of surge of COVID-19 patients (Catholic Health World)
• March 27 – Spirituality for a time of scarcity (an op-ed by Rev. Charles Bouchard, OP, S.T.D.)
• March 27 – Catholic entities expect to receive aid under emergency relief bill
• March 24 – Mass General disaster medicine specialist shares Covid-19 preparations and concerns
  (Catholic Health World)

Ethics

• Code Status and COVID-19 Patients 
• Catholic Health Care’s Responsibility to COVID-19 Patients at the End of Life
• Ethical Guidelines for Scarce Resources in a Pandemic
• State and State Agency Plans and Guidelines
• Bishop Chairmen Issue Statement on Rationing Protocols by Health Care Professionals in Response to Covid-19
• Ethics Topics: Pandemics
• Avera Health - Guide for Clinicians
• Avera Health - IHC Resources Overview

Health Disparities

• June 4 – Sisters take food pantry ministries outdoors during pandemic
• June 4 – African American Catholic leaders urge justice, action to address racism
• June 2 – Cause of death: COVID-19, police violence or racism?
• June 3 – 'Which death do they choose?’: Many Black men fear wearing a mask more than the coronavirus
• June 3 – Researchers face hurdles in examining COVID-19 racial disparities
• June 2 – Protests may add COVID-19 cases and compound racial disparities
• June 2 – COVID-19 Racial Health Disparities Stress Patient Trust Pitfalls
• June 2 – My nightmare: Covid-19 meets racism meets the killing of a Black person by police
• June 1 – Native American tribes' pandemic response is hamstrung by many inequities
• May 30 – US ill-prepared for coronavirus-fueled mental health crisis
• May 30 – The Top U.S. Coronavirus Hot Spots Are All Indian Lands
• May 30 – Washington nonprofit warns against pandemic restrictions on immigration
• May 29 – Immigrants Sick With COVID-19 Are Scared to Seek Help
• May 29 – How can Catholics help lead the fight against racism?
• The COVID-19 Tracking Project - Racial Data Dashboard
• May 28 – Virus could push 14 million into hunger in Latin America
• May 28 – The global pandemic through the eyes of the world's children
• May 27 – Across Texas, Black And Hispanic Neighborhoods Have Fewer Coronavirus Testing Sites
• May 24 – Catholic psychologist calls domestic violence 'pandemic within a pandemic'
• May 21 – The Striking Racial Divide in How Covid-19 Has Hit Nursing Homes 
• May 20 –  Addressing hunger disparities saves lives and money
• May 20 – COVID-19 and Health Equity—A New Kind of "Herd Immunity"
• May 16 – Vatican task force says millions risk hunger problems during pandemic; calls for 'creative solidarity' to solve global problems
• May 15 – Racial health disparities already existed in America—the coronavirus just exacerbated them
• May 15 – Domestic Violence Calls Mount as Restrictions Linger: 'No One Can Leave'
• May 15 – US Bishops Highlight Plight of Native Communities as COVID Infections Surge
• May 14 – Answering the Call: CommonSpirit Strives to End Health Inequalities
• May 14 – Answering the Call: CommonSpirit Strives to End Health Inequalities
• May 14 – The Disproportionate Impact of Covid-19 on Black Health Care Workers in the U.S.
• May 13 – Opinion: Native Americans are being hit hard by coronavirus, an echo of colonial pandemics that nearly wiped them out
• May 13 – Racial Status And The Pandemic: A Combustible Mixture
• May 11 – 3 Lessons COVID-19 Teaches about Addressing Health Equity
• May 7 – For Latinos and Covid-19, Doctors are Seeing an 'Alarming' Disparity
• May 5 – Bishop Chairmen Condemn Racism and Xenophobia in the Context of the Coronavirus Pandemic
• May 5 – Minority Small Businesses Were Supposed To Get PPP Priority. They May Not Have
• May 4 – Bishops urge closer look at COVID deaths in black communities
• May 4 – USCCB: Ask why coronavirus is 'devastating' black communities 
• April 28 – Coronavirus highlights disparities in ethnic communities
• April 28 – Avera translating COVID-19 info for non-English speakers
• April 28 – COVID-19 exposes mistrust, health care inequality going back generations for African Americans
• April 29 – God makes a way': African American parishes respond to COVID-19 disparity
• April 28 – Avera translating COVID-19 info for non-English speakers
• April 24 – US Bishops respond to latest temporary US immigration policy
• April 23 – Thousands of Americans will face food insecurity, unless we act now
• April 22 – The Other COVID Risks: How Race, Income, ZIP Code Influence Who Lives Or Dies
• April 21 – Trump coronavirus response feeds distrust in black and Latino communities
• April 20 – Indian Health Service Doctor Details Heavy COVID-19 Impact On Navajo Nation
• April 20 – Black doctors blast 'woefully anemic' data on minority coronavirus cases
• April 18 – Racial toll of virus grows even starker as more data emerges
• April 17 – Opinion: Black mothers expected to fare worse in pandemic
• April 17 – Coronavirus leaves homeless youths more vulnerable, says Covenant House CEO
• April 15 – California to provide more help for unemployed undocumented immigrants, others amid coronavirus
• April 14 – The coronavirus pandemic could transform our health care system — for the better
• April 14 – 'Dreamers' in health care sector help save COVID patients while in legal limbo
• April 14 – Why Coronavirus Is Killing African-Americans More than Others
• April 13 – The Editors: The coronavirus is exposing our society’s deep inequalities
• April 13 – Black medical leaders: Coronavirus magnifies racial inequities, with deadly consequences
• April 12 – In Easter message, Pope Francis proposes universal basic income
• April 12 – Mayors, governor call out racial health disparities highlighted by coronavirus
• April 12 – An immigrant community faces a 'catastrophic' pandemic without help
• April 8 – Editorial: COVID-19 is disproportionately killing minorities. That’s not a coincidence
• April 8 – Pandemic exacerbates fear, challenges for undocumented immigrants
• April 7 – Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States
• April 7 – The Pandemic's Missing Data
• April 7 – Most Americans on Food Stamps Must Shop at Stores, Risking Coronavirus Exposure
• April 7 – Black, Latino communities suffering disproportionately from coronavirus, statistics show
• April 6 – Long-Standing Racial And Income Disparities Seen Creeping Into COVID-19 Care
• April 3 – Black People Represent Majority of Coronavirus Cases, Deaths in Michigan
• April 3 – Building Community Bridges to Improve Health Equity in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond
• April 3 – Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate
• April 3 – Open Letter on Ensuring Healthcare Interpreters' Safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• April 2 – Equitable Access To Health Information For Non-English Speakers Amidst The Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
• April 2 – The Coronavirus Doesn't Discriminate, but U.S. Health Care Showing Familiar Biases
• April 1 – Underlying Health Disparities Could Mean Coronavirus Hits Some Communities Harder
• March 31 – Health issues for blacks, Latinos and Native Americans may cause coronavirus to ravage communities
• March 25 – Rumor, Disparity and Distrust: Why Black Americans Face an Uphill Battle Against COVID-19
• March 24 – How the Coronavirus Affects Social Determinants of Health
• March 19 – Health Justice Strategies To Combat COVID-19: Protecting Vulnerable Communities During A Pandemic
• March 17 – COVID-19 And Health (And Death) Disparities