As we all work together on the front lines to best serve our patients and lead COVID-19 response planning for our institutions, the ACC is working to provide COVID-19 clinical guidance for the global cardiovascular care team. Learn more about the hub and article methodology. Email covid@acc.org with article submissions and content for consideration. Read a message from ACC President Richard Kovacs, MD, FACC.

ACC Clinical Guidance and Practice

Clinical Perspectives and Front-Line Experience

Regulatory and Reimbursement Updates

COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease Management Webinars

Webinar Recordings and Materials

  • Epidemiology, CVD Treatment & Management
    Listen to an ACC webinar held in partnership with the Chinese Cardiovascular Association on March 18 addressing myocardial injury with COVID-19 and the latest guideline published by the Chinese College of Cardiovascular Physicians.
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  • COVID-19 Severe Case Management
    Listen to an ACC webinar held in partnership with the Chinese Cardiovascular Association on March 19 addressing the management of severe cases of COVID-19, including experience with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and anti-inflammatory storm treatments.
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  • ACC COVID-19 Webinar: Six Foot Rule: Virtual Visits During the COVID 19 Pandemic and Beyond
    Listen to an ACC webinar held March 24 which demonstrated the current and potential use of various applications of telehealth in cardiovascular health with a focus on telemetry heart failure and rhythm disturbances.
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  • MedAxiom COVID-19 and the CV Service Line Webinar: Practical Approaches For an Unprecedented Pandemic – Part 1
    Listen to a MedAxiom webinar held March 18 as cardiovascular clinical and administrative leaders share their experiences and thoughts on how to best manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  • MedAxiom COVID-19 and the CV Service Line Webinar: Setting up Telehealth in Your Office – Part 2
    Listen to a MedAxiom webinar held March 20 as cardiovascular clinical and administrative leaders share their experiences and thoughts on how to maximize clinics and protect patients in these challenging times.
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  • MedAxiom COVID-19 and the CV Service Line Webinar: Operationalizing Telehealth Visits and Virtual Services – Part 3
    Listen to a MedAxiom webinar held March 26 that took a deep dive into how to operationalize telehealth and virtual services.
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  • MedAxiom COVID-19 and the CV Service Line Webinar: Legal Questions You Never Thought to Ask – Part 4
    Listen to a MedAxiom webinar held March 31 to learn about the legal and workforce implications stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  • MedAxiom COVID-19 and the CV Service Line Webinar: How to Survive the Financial Tsunami – Part 5
    Listen to a MedAxiom webinar held April 7 to hear a discussion about the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CV organizations and practical advice for navigating financial relief options.
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Additional Resources

  CardioSmart's COVID-19 Hub For Patients
  CardioSmart's COVID-19 Hub For Patients

To help heart patients understand how the new coronavirus affects them, CardioSmart's Coronavirus (COVID-19) Hub includes summaries of recent clinical updates. It also connects patients to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about how to protect yourself and what to do if you are sick.

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

CDC's COVID-19 Resource Page provides regularly updated information for patients, clinicians, and the general public. This page includes guidance for evaluating and testing persons under investigation (PUIs) and reporting PUIs to state and local health departments. It also provides information for health care professionals ranging from resources for clinicians caring for patients with confirmed diagnoses to infection control and prevention recommendations to strategies for extending facemask capacity. The CDC has also issued ICD-10 coding guidelines to document COVID-19 encounters.

  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA efforts have focused largely on diagnostic, drug, and medical product impacts. New guidance was issued to labs certified to perform high complexity testing in order to expedite the availability of diagnostic testing. The FDA is also monitoring the impact of the outbreak on supply chains and collaborating with the CDC to increase the supply of respirators for medical professionals.

  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Information from CMS addresses both clinical aspects of managing COVID-19 and guidance regarding coding and coverage of services. An additional memorandum directs part C and part D flexibility through waivers of cost-sharing for COVID-19 tests and other services. CMS is responsible for implementing emergency authority waivers for various components of the Medicare program. This includes certain originating site requirements of Medicare's telehealth program as authorized by the recently signed emergency supplemental appropriations bill. View CMS' Telehealth Toolkit for General Practitioners here and an End-Stage Renal Disease Providers Toolkit here. Learn more about CMS' deadline extensions for providers and hospitals on data submission to quality reporting programs.

  U.S. State Department
  U.S. State Department

Frequent international travelers should check the Travel Advisories. This is particularly relevant as nations around the world manage COVID-19 outbreaks of varying scope.

  American Medical Association (AMA)
  American Medical Association (AMA)

AMA's COVID-19 Resources Hub collates up-to-date information, guidance, and FAQs for the medical community, alongside a Quick Guide to Telemedicine in Practice. Additionally, view the COVID-19 Ethics Resource Center, housed in the AMA Journal of Ethics, and learn more about AMA's new COVID-19 CPT code.

  Aggregates of COVID-19 Article Publications