The American Hospital Association and American Nurses Association asked leaders in Congress to appropriate $1 billion to help hospitals and health workers fight COVID-19.

Lawmakers told leaders from the Veterans Affairs Department that they intend to add "tighter controls" to ensure the agency's electronic health record project is moving on schedule, after what Congress sees as an unexpected delay earlier this month.

The coronavirus-stoked demand for protective gear like facemasks ideally would be a boon for Medline Industries. But with so many products manufactured in China, the Northfield, Ill.-based medical products company could have trouble getting personal protective equipment.

Several states are pushing value-based payment in Medicaid managed care, but the jury is still out on which approaches work the best because there's not enough data, according to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission.