The cost associated with COVID-19 testing education at hospitals and community locations including home health, hospice, and long-term care.
Construction costs, including, but are not necessarily limited to permanent building additions, new permanent buildings, permanent building expansions, modular buildings (and installations), increasing the footprint of the facility, significant new ground disturbance, and projects with a total cost of $500,000 or more.
Costs related to treatment or direct patient care.
Costs associated with designing and implementing employee burnout/mental health strategies require pre-approval.
Supporting EMS as it relates to COVID-19 testing and mitigation efforts, and as part of a system improvement process
Costs associated with purchasing, maintaining, or operating a GlideScope™ or other similar equipment which allows for video laryngoscope (considered direct patient care).
Purchasing and installing HVAC and associated expenses to improve COVID-19 mitigation efforts.
Laboratory supplies and equipment for COVID-19 testing.
Portable equipment (such as a portable x-ray machine) used to prevent patients from being moved throughout a facility. To be allowable, all portable equipment must be part of a hospital's larger COVID-19 mitigation plan.
Costs associated with the purchase, maintenance, or operation of proximity badge systems to prevent hospital traffic and limit exposure to COVID-19.
Sanitation and cleaning equipment (including disinfectant robots) to be used to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Also includes ultraviolet sanitation devices.
Costs for testing using a simultaneous multi-disease test that must include COVID-19
Costs associated with increasing staff salaries, recruitment or retention bonuses, incentives, or benefits (such as hazard pay, employee childcare, housing allowances, travel allowance, meals, snacks, or other incentive benefits) recruitment, retention, bonuses, incentives, or benefits such as hazard pay, employee childcare, housing allowances, travel allowances (not associated with COVID-19 courier services), meals, snacks, or other incentive benefits. See Screening Staff, Testing Staff, Courier Staff, or Travel Nurse for more information.
Temperature screening systems to be used to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. See COVID-19 Screening Staff as well.
Costs for testing, including procuring, providing, or processing COVID-19 tests (including at-home testing kits).
Vaccine purchases, dissemination (including boosters) of vaccinations, or supplies associated with COVID-19 vaccination (considered direct patient care).
Costs associated with the purchase, maintenance, or operation of any hospital vehicle require pre-approval.
Costs associated with purchasing, maintaining, or operating ventilators or other similar equipment which allows for respiratory assistance.