General Guidance

• Opening Up American Again Guidelines (The White House)
  Outlines gating criteria for three progressive phases of reopening at the discretion of governors, criteria for state preparedness and guidance for individuals and employers
• CDC Activities and Initiatives Supporting the COVID-19 Response and the President’s Plan for Opening Up America Again (CDC)
• Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare: Phase I  (CMS)
• Health Care and Crisis Standards of Care for COVID-19 (National Academy of Medicine)
  Guidance on crisis standards of care including PPE, critical care, ED, and outpatient capacity
• Scarce Resource Management and Crisis Standards of Care (Washington State Dept of Health)
  Provides guidance for medical surge during a large-scale disaster
• Ventilator Allocation Guidelines (New York State Dept of Health)
  Comprehensive guidelines based on review of ethical, clinical, and legal analysis; covers adult, pediatric, and neonatal populations
• Medical Service Prioritization During an Influenza Pandemic (Public Health-Seattle & King County)
  Assessment of public’s values and priorities regarding delivery of care
• Framework to Guide Statewide Allocation of Scarce Mechanical Ventilation During Disasters (CHEST)
  Critical care disaster resource allocation framework from statewide community engagement process in Maryland
• Reconstitution Template (FEMA)
  This template is based on Federal Continuity Directive 1, Federal Executive Branch National Continuity Program and Requirements, January 2017, and provides structure and recommended content for developing a Reconstitution Plan.
• Stimulus Relief Gateway (Huron)
  Provides information related to the funds, benefits and incentives your organization may be eligible to take advantage of as part of the recent stimulus packages established by the United States government
• Roadmap to Recovery: A Public Health Guide for Governors (NGA)
  Recommendations to help w governors across the country reopen their states safely
• National Coronavirus Response: A Road Map to Reopening (American Enterprise Institute)
  Outlines a national and regional approach to reopen in four phases
• A National and State Plan to End the Coronavirus Crisis (Center for American Progress)
  Identifies six steps states should meet to begin the process for reopening
• A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact Tracing in the US (ASTHO & John Hopkins Center for Health Security)
  Offers a national plan to implement a comprehensive system to conduct contact tracing for COVID-19 cases
• Box It In: Rapid Public Health Action Can Box in COVID-19 and Reopen Society (Vital Strategies: Resolve to Save Lives)
  Offers a framework and key considerations for succesful contact tracing
• Roadmap on Pandemic Resilience (Harvard Safra Center for Ethics)
  Lays out how massive testing, contact tracing, and social isolation with strong supports can rebuild the economy in four phases
• A National COVID-19 Surveillance System: Achieving Containment (Duke Margolic Center for Health Policy)
  Provides recommendations for establishing a national surveillance system capable of mitigation and containment of COVID-19

Supplies and Resources

• Strategies for Conservation of Respiratory PPE (The Academy)
• Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of PPE (CDC)
  Guidance for convention and contingency capacity and crisis alternative strategies for N95 respirators, facemasks, isolation gowns, and eye protection
• Conservation of Respiratory Care Supplies (UW Medicine)
• COVID-19 PPE Conservation Information for All Team Members (Spectrum Health)
• UV Disinfection for Eye Protection (Spectrum Health)
• Manufacturing Resources for Face Shields and Surgical Masks (Providence)
  Resources for manufacturers, hospitals, clinics and health systems, and community members who sew 
• 3D Printing Design for Face Shield (Cox Health)
  Intended for health care systems and provider groups to use as needed
• Guidance for Limited Reuse of N95 Respirators and PAPR Hoods (UW Medicine)
• UVGI Process for Decontamination and Reuse of N95 Respirators (Nebraska Medicine)
  Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) process guidance, including detailed process map and photos
• PPE Conservation Policy (UW Medicine)
• Long-term Care PPE Conservation Policy (UW Medicine)
  Includes guidance for post-acute care/long-term care
• Strategies for Conservation of Respiratory PPE (NYC Health Department)
• PPE-Masking Toolkit (Intermountain)
  Instructions for appropriate use, disinfection, and reuse
• Pragmatic Approach to Maintaining Supply Chain Resilience (Accenture)

Patient Care Capacity

• Federal Healthcare Resilience Task Force Alternate Care (ACS) Toolkit: Second Edition (HHS)
  Guidance and technical assistance to support healthcare systems in establishing and operationalizing Alternate Care Sites (ACS) used to care for COVID-19-positive or presumed positive patients
• Waivers and Flexibilities for Hospitals and Other Healthcare Facilities (HHS)
  Blanket waivers under the Emergency Declaration
• Considerations for Alternate Care Sites (CDC)
  Key concepts, physican infrastructure, services and patient care considerations for establishing alternative care sites to address COVID surge
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Emergency Medical Care Fact Sheet (FEMA)
  This fact sheet provides additional guidance related to the eligibility of emergency medical care activities as an emergency protective measure under the Emergency Declaration and any Major Disaster Declaration authorizing Public Assistance (PA) for COVID-19.
• FEMA Public Assistance Application Information (AHA)
  Produced by AHA in partnership with Jones Day to assist hospitals and health systems better understand the process for applying for PA funding
• Staffing Requests and Availability FAQs (Spectrum Health)
  System labor pool FAQs including resources for redeployment or reassignment
• Establishing and Managing a Temporary COVID-19 Specialty Hospital in Wuhan, China (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
• Drive-Thru Medical Screening Exam Clinical Practice Guideline (Atrium Health)
• Drive-Through Triage Template (Stanford University)
  Booklet for planning, setup, communications, staffing, patient management, and safety; not COVID-19 specific
• Checklist for Setting Up Drive-Through Testing (UW Medicine)
• Preparing Your ICU for Disaster Response (Society of Critical Care Medicine)
  Handbook covering readiness assessment, leadership, communication, building ICU surgery capacity, alternative staffing strategies, etc.
• Augmenting Critical Care Capacity During a Disaster (Society of Critical Care Medicine)
  Training video covering capacity, capability, critical care surge, staffing, etc.
• Sustaining Mechanical Ventilation Outside Traditional Intensive Care Units (Society of Critical Care Medicine)
• Critical Care for the Non-ICU Clinician (Society of Critical Care Medicine)
  Training resources to support non-ICU clinicians taking on critical care patients during a surge in demand

Elective Procedures and Services

• Guidelines for Resuming Elective Services (The Academy)
  Review of the financial and clinical impact of delayed care amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a review of guidelines related to the resumption of elective services
• Restart Elective Services: Patient Engagement & Communication Strategy (The Academy)
• Nebraska Medicine Case Study: Resuming Elective Care (The Academy)
• Allina Health Case Study: Resuming Cardiovascular Services (The Academy)
• CoxHealth Case Study: Resuming Elective Care (The Academy)
• Sharp Healthcare Case Study – Resuming Elective Care (The Academy)
• Cleveland Clinic Case Study: Resuming Elective Care (The Academy)
• Checklist for Resuming Elective Procedures (The Academy)
• Elective Surgery Algorithm for Decision Making (Piedmont Healthcare)
• Elective Surgery Algorithm for Decision Making (Piedmont Healthcare)
• Elective Case Triage Guidelines for Surgical Care (ACS)
• Guidance for Local Resumption of Elective Surgery (ACS)
• Joint Statement: Roadmap for Resuming Elective Surgery after COVID-19 Pandemic (ACS, ASA, AORN, AHA)
• Re-Entry Guidance for Health Care Facilities and Medical Device Representatives (AdvaMed, AHA, and AORN)
  Principles and considerations are intended to guide facilities, health care personnel and medical device representatives as they adopt access policies that support safe reentry of medical device representatives into the facility
• COVID-19: Executive Orders by State on Dental, Medical, and Surgical Procedures (ACS)
• State Guidance on Elective Surgeries (ASCA)
• Scoring System to Ethically and Efficiently Manage Resource Scarcity and Provider Risk (JACS)
• CMS Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations (CMS)
• Recommendations on Elective, Non-Essential Procedures (US Anesthesia Partners)
• Elective Surgery Cancellation Guidelines (Intermountain)
• Should a Patient Have Elective Surgery Decision Pathway (Intermountain)
• Elective Case Triage Guidelines for Surgical Care (American College of Surgeons)
• General Guidance on Deferring Non-Urgent CV Testing and Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic (American College of Cardiology)

Coding/Billing and Telehealth Guidance

• Virtual Health Company Profiles (The Academy)
• Providence Case Study: Care Transformation During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic (The Academy)
• Michigan Medicine Case Study: Telehealth Expansion During the COVID-19 Pandemic (The Academy)
• UPMC Case Study: Expanding Virtual Heath Across the Care Continuum (The Academy)
• Northwell Health Case Study: Telehealth Expansion Key to Successful Pandemic Response (The Academy)
• General Provider Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit (CMS)
  1135 Waiver Information, CMS Telemedicine General Policy Guidance, and Telehealth Implementation Guidance
• Telehealth Resource Webliography for COVID-19 Pandemic (Northeast Telehealth Resource Center)
• Frequently Asked Questions to Assist Medicare Providers (CMS)
• Coverage and Benefits Related to COVID-19 Medicaid and CHIP (CMS)
• Individual and Small Group Market Insurance Coverage (CMS)
• Coding Scenarios and Best Practices (American Medical Association)
  Coding scenarios and how to apply best coding practices
• ICD-10 Coding Encounters Related to COVID-19 (CDC)
• New CPT Code for COVID Testing (American Medical Association)
• CPT Reporting for COVID-19 Testing (American Medical Association)
  Quick reference flow chart for CPT reporting for COVID-19 testing
• Quick Guide to Telemedicine in Practice (AMA)
• Virtual Health Coding & Billing Cheat Sheet (The Academy)
  Summary of updated Medicare benefits and guidance related to telehealth billing and coding
• Telemedicine Billing Guidance
• COVID-19 Telehealth Coding and Billing Practice Management Tips (American College of Physicians)
  Comprehensive toolkit including virtual check-ins, E/M, remote monitoring, billing codes, and technology
• Medicare Telemedicine Health Care Provider Fact Sheet (CMS)
• Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit (CMS)
  Long-Term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedine Tool Kit
• Payer Policies for Telehealth (Aetna)
• Payer Policies for Telehealth (UnitedHealthCare)
• COVID-19 Telehealth Investment Program (FCC)
  Application instructions for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which will provide $200 million in funding, appropriated by Congress as part of the CARES Act, to help health care providers provide connected care services to patients at their homes or mobile locations in response to COVID-19. pandemic.