HHS Provides an Additional $250 Million to Aid U.S. Health Care Systems Treating Patients and Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

As authorized by the CARES Act, HHS has now provided a total of $350 million to health care systems for pandemic response , including $100 million released in April 2020. The funds will support hospitals and other health care entities to train workforces, expand telemedicine and the use of virtual health, procure supplies and equipment, and coordinate effectively across regional, state and jurisdictional, and local health care facilities to respond to COVID-19. In addition to directly supporting health care capacity for COVID-19 patient surge, this funding will advance the mission of the National Special Pathogen System to enhance national capacity and capability to respond to highly infectious diseases now and in the future.

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