Business Resources

Toolkit for Practices to Help Patients Return to the Office

We’ve heard from physicians who are concerned that their patients are hesitant to return to their office during the COVID-19 pandemic. PAMED's new toolkit offers resources to help physicians communicate with patients about the importance of returning to the office for important well visit, immunization, screening, and follow-up appointments. Get the Toolkit.

CARES Act Provider Relief

• Reporting Requirements: Those who received one or more CARES Act Provider Relief Fund payments exceeding $10,000 in total are required to report spending information. Read HHS’ webpage on reporting requirements and auditing.
  
  

Business Resources & Loan Opportunities

• CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Options - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) provides more information on temporary coronavirus relief funding options: Paycheck Protection Program (applications no longer being accepted for PPP); EIDL Loan Advance; SBA Express Bridge Loans; and SBA Debt Relief.
  • Note that SBA is offering a simplified application process to apply for PPP loan forgiveness for loans of $50,000 or less. Get details.
    
    
• COVID-19 Business Resources (Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development) – DCED offers working capitol loans that could be of assistance to businesses impacted by COVID-19. Resources and information will be posted to DCED’s webpage as they become available.
  
  
• American Medical Association Physician Practice Relief Guide
  
  
• Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry: Coronavirus Resources for Businesses
   
  
• COVID-19 Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources (U.S. Small Business Administration)
  
  
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Coronavirus Resources for Businesses
  
  
• U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division guidance on the federal Family First Coronavirus Response Act
  • Q&A
  • Fact Sheet for Employers
  • Fact Sheet for Employees
  • September 2020 update on who can be excluded from sick leave provisions of the Act
    
    
• COVID-19 and Unemployment Compensation: FAQs (Pa. Office of Unemployment Compensation)
  
  
• What You Should Know about COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other Equal Employment Opportunity Laws (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
  
  
• Information for Pennsylvania Employees Impacted by COVID-19 (Pa. Office of Unemployment Compensation)

NORCAL Group COVID-19 Resources for Businesses

NORCAL group, which includes NORCAL mutual insurance company, offers practical resources for health care professionals and business on topics like:

• Human resources
• Physician, staff, and health care operations

Get details at www.norcal-group.com/pandemic.