{"id":10661,"date":"2020-07-20T17:21:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T22:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/?p=10661"},"modified":"2026-03-02T02:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:52:32","slug":"hrsa-answers-your-covid-19-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/hrsa-answers-your-covid-19-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"HRSA Answers Your COVID-19 Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The COVID-19 pandemic has had enormous global impact. There isn\u2019t a part of our lives that remains unscathed. Every aspect of our lives be it the daily routine we used to follow, the places we used to go to, the way we manage our finances, our professional lives, our career track, our familial relationships, everything has been changed or modified or in some cases changed irrevocably due to the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the initial stages of the pandemic, people truly believed that this won\u2019t be a serious issue, any infections are fringe events, and even if it does affect people, it would be curable. Because of this lethargic response, the providers faced a PPE crisis, N-95 mask shortage, hand sanitizer shortage, hoarding, unemployment, evictions & the list of consequential problems keeps on growing. Now, we are way past all that, people have begun to understand how serious the problem is and have finally begun to grasp the gravity of the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

The government finally following through on getting serious about the pandemic have initiated several emergency responses and action plans. One such widely known action plan is the expansion of the 1335 waiver which enabled easier access to telemedicine and wider coverage for <\/span>telemedicine & telehealth<\/span><\/a>. As virtual services began to <\/span>surge<\/span><\/a> and it became one of the useful tools for providers and healthcare professionals to combat the pandemic. Automation of coverage trackers and digital wearables saw a similar rise to prominence. While people are obviously aware of the life-saving benefits of these services, one can not ignore the way telemedicine and telehealth has aided us economically. It has helped medical practices by offsetting the revenue losses caused due to the pandemic and it has also <\/span>helped<\/span><\/a> healthcare-support industries like medical coding & billing and RCM service companies. Considering these benefits and coupled with the government and private payor backing the tech, providers have been able to easily <\/span>transition<\/span><\/a> to telemedicine, which enabled them to get a better handle on the pandemic. Understanding the positive impact of just one of the action plans to expand telemedicine services is enough to make one understand why such action plans are important and why they need to be enacted on time. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

Even Though, the people and especially the healthcare community have gotten a handle on the pandemic situation, there are still numerous doubts and questions and everyone is forced to play it by ear. Most prominent of these questions can be summed up more or less as these, What is the government doing? How are relief packages being distributed? How is the healthcare sector being supported? How are the providers & healthcare professionals being cared for? Basically anything related to testing and How long will any of the relaxation imposed will last?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The department of Health Resources & Service Administration (HRSA) have taken it upon themselves, as part of their emergency response to answer some of the common questions that we might have, which include the aforementioned ones as well. The below listed FAQ can be sorted as questions belonging to any of these 10 categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>