America’s Blood Centers submitted a letter to Senator Richard Pan, Chair, Senate Health Committee, in support of a recent bill, SB 1475, which would permanently authorize a registered nurse to be either physically present or available via telehealth during blood collection at a blood bank. Local blood collectors have proven during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency…
Read MoreABC and ADRP continue our partnership with the Veterans Administration (VA) on their National Blood Drive through March 2022. We meet weekly with the VA team and have presented on a number of national calls, including one last week with all of the VA program officers. The National Blood Drive is a key priority within…
Read MoreAmerica’s Blood Centers (ABC) and its network of not-for-profit community blood centers remain committed to supporting the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic response. In light of clinical trials showing positive efficacy of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma (CCP) when administered early in the course of treatment, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently updated the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)…
Read MoreAABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross are joining together during National Blood Donor Month, to urge eligible, healthy individuals to contact their local blood center and make an appointment to donate blood today. We also ask local businesses to encourage their employees, including those working remotely, to find their local blood donation…
Read MoreAABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross are joining together to urge eligible, healthy individuals to contact their local blood center and make an appointment to donate blood today. We also ask local businesses to encourage their employees, including those working remotely, to find their local center and schedule an appointment to donate…
Read MoreOn Saturday November 6, 2021, Congress passed the long-awaited Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. ABC, AABB, and ARC have been working together with Congress to ensure the bipartisan, non-controversial provision to allow blood transportation to use HOV lanes was included in this bill. The bill states that “The public authority may allow blood transport vehicles…
Read MoreAmerica’s Blood Centers (ABC) has provided comments to the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration’s (FDA) Blood Product Advisory Committee (BPAC) ahead of theNovember 4th meeting. In the comments, the committee received an update of the“ongoing work” of ABC member blood centers during the COVID-19 pandemicand the challenges facing them and the blood community in maintaining the…
Read MoreRe: Document 0990-0313 Agency Information Collection Request: National Blood Collection& Utilization Survey (NBCUS) Thank you very much to the OASH and CDC staff working on the NBCUS for providing responses to ABC’s comments, dated May 24, 2021, on the draft 2021 NBCUS. We reviewed the responses received August 26, 2021 and provided our additional comments…
Read MoreAABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross are joining together to urge eligible, healthy individuals to contact their local blood center and make an appointment to donate blood. Doing so is essential to maintaining the stability of the nation’s blood supply, which ensures life-saving medical treatments are available for patients. The blood supply…
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ABC Submits Joint Letter to CMS on Convalescent Plasma Reimbursement
America’s Blood Centers joined the national blood community in submitting a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting that the agency ) expeditiously update its coverage and reimbursement policies for COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) to ensure that patients have access to CCP furnished in both the outpatient and inpatient settings of…
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