Bill of Health

JANUARY 31, 2022

To allocate COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices , the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), and the World Health Organization (WHO) identified ethical goals for prioritization, such as maximizing benefit and minimizing harm, mitigating health inequities, and reciprocity.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Catholic Health Association (CHA) is urging Americans to “love thy neighbor” by getting the COVID-19 vaccine, Sister Mary Haddad wrote in an editorial published in Modern Healthcare, published on September 3, 2011. You can see the co-branding with the Ad Council’s COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative.

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Compliance Now

JUNE 28, 2023

However, as a result of the COVID-19 PHE and National Emergency Period, the IRS issued guidance in 2020 permitting HDHPs to maintain HSA-qualified status while covering items and services related to testing and treatment of COVID-19 without subjecting such care to a deductible.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

In particular, we look at vaccine distribution as a medication adherence problem, the important role of finance reform, and much more. Talking points: How 2020 changed healthcare. How the COVID-19 telehealth boom has and hasn’t affected asynchronous virtual care. This podcast is brought to you by Kajeet.

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Health Law Attorney

MARCH 16, 2022

In an effort to combat the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Dept. The HRSA began processing claims submitted to the Uninsured Program on February 4, 2020. The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) oversees and processes the claims for reimbursement on behalf of the HHS.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 8, 2022

The CDC announced the launch of the LTC PPP in October 2020. Because the LTC facility population was at the highest risk of COVID-19 infections, the CDC created the LTC PPP to prioritize vaccinations of that population as quickly as possible and while vaccine availability was limited.

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Health Law Pulse

JANUARY 21, 2022

On January 22, 2020, we shared news from the CDC that confirmed the United States identified its first infection in the country and authorities began scrambling to prepare. Two years ago tomorrow, Norton Rose Fulbright shared the first of its many blog updates regarding the Coronavirus and the global pandemic that was about to unfold.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2020

"If I think of 2020, obviously the pandemic dominated [the year] for all of us," said Megan Callahan, VP of healthcare at Lyft, in an interview with Healthcare IT News. But Callahan has a few ideas of what to expect: COVID-19 vaccine access and distribution will have lasting impacts.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 25, 2023

On March 17, 2020, Dr. Zubin Damania – a physician, comedian, and internet personality known as ZDoggMD to his fans in the “ZPAC Supporter Tribe” 2 – recorded a podcast titled “COVID-19: Is Our Cure Worse Than the Disease?” 2020, March 17). COVID-19: is our cure worse than the disease? 2020, October 11).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

For example, the data analytics team designed an algorithm to sort and pull relevant data from the records of more than 100,000 patients who had been diagnosed with COVID-19, identifying those at highest risk of complications from the virus. " On March 5, 2020, St. Leveraging technology to further strategy.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

More than 591 million EU Digital COVID Certificates (EUDCC) have now been generated, according to a European Commission report published today. The certificate, which covers COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery, aims to facilitate safe travel for citizens in Europe. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This language, sadly absent from the WTO negotiations on a potential patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, will provide a new accountability against wealthy nations seeking to privilege business at the expense of access to medicines.

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Health Populi

MAY 26, 2021

The emergence of the COVID-19 vaccine “infodemic” has slowed the ability for nations around the world to emerge out of the public health crisis. Growing cynicism among some health citizens facing the politicization of public health tactics like vaccines and facial masks is what we’re talking about.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

The year 2020 has been a year unlike any other year in our history. By the end of 2021, about 4 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses will be delivered globally. Hospitals faced significant losses in 2020 due to COVID-19 as elective procedures were put on hold and out-patient department visits reduced dramatically.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

THE PROBLEM Prior to 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, there were federal and state policies in place that discouraged FQHCs like Ryan Health from adopting telehealth services due to payment restrictions. " Prior to March 2020, only a few providers or employees were connecting remotely.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Invoking the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act , the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) asserted how pharmacists could administer COVID-19 vaccinations irrespective of contrary state licensing laws. Local school districts were crafty, too.

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Verisys

JUNE 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services : The US Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule update concerning guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities (LTC) and Intermediate Care for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID).

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Health Law RX

APRIL 27, 2023

6 OCR recognized that covered healthcare providers may use WBSAs to quickly schedule large numbers of people for COVID-19 vaccinations. 6 OCR recognized that covered healthcare providers may use WBSAs to quickly schedule large numbers of people for COVID-19 vaccinations. 21, 2020), [link] [4] 85 Fed.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 11, 2023

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has confirmed that the Notifications of Enforcement Discretion that were issued in response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will expire one month from today, at 11:59 pm on May 11, 2023.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2021

Those percentages were polled as of September 2020, about six months into the now-year+ long pandemic, Peoples’ homes became their safe havens, literally, in the public health crisis, or our “Year of COVID” as Dr. Michael Osterholm of CIDRAP has nicknamed 2020. preferring the medical office.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

On October 8, 2020, Moderna, the maker of one of the first mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 and the recipient of billions of dollars of U.S. On October 8, 2020, amid press coverage of an emerging inventorship dispute with the U.S. From 2020 to 2022, the U.S. By Jorge L. Moderna’s Pledge.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2021

You’re stressed, I’m stressed; most of us have felt stress in the COVID-19 era which began in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2020. Fast-forward to January 2021, and Edelman’s survey learned that health consumers around the world lost trust in their health care systems from May 2020 to January in the new year.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2022

Other companies and organizations have also sought to reduce provider burden via patient communications before and after appointments – including COVID-19 vaccinations. For instance, in 2020, Cerner announced a collaboration with WELL to enable engagement via its HealtheLife patient portal. THE LARGER TREND.

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Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2021

The Wall Street Journal featured the grocery chain Kroger in an article yesterday titled, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Tests Give Boost to Kroger’s Health Ambitions. It was the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerated some early-adopting health consumers viewing their home as their ultimate site for self-care and health care.

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Health Populi

MAY 4, 2023

First, we look at the macro picture on health services utilization comparing the end of 2022 with pre-COVID-19 levels. With an Index of 100 for the first 8 weeks of 2020 (that is, the 2 months before COVID-19 emerged in the U.S.),

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Health Care Performance

JANUARY 11, 2022

They know the pandemic strains healthcare facilities, and a cyberattack might be more successful on a provider facing a COVID-19 surge. In March 2020, U.S. For example: Denton County, Texas announced a breach involving a third-party application used by the County for COVID-19 vaccination clinics.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

To date, Labcorp has performed nearly 54 million COVID-19 PCR tests to detect the virus, provided instrumental data to government agencies like the CDC and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and worked with companies to develop COVID-19 vaccines and therapies. Labcorp became the first U.S.

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Hall Render

MAY 11, 2023

On May 8, 2023, CMS updated and revised several questions and answers to provide clarifications to the memorandum that the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group at CMS originally issued on September 17, 2020, titled “Nursing Home Visitation – COVID-19” (“CMS Visitation Memo”), which announced updated visitation standards for nursing homes.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 26, 2023

On April 2, 2020, OCR issued a Notice of HIPAA Enforcement Discretion stating penalties would not be imposed on business associates for good faith disclosures of PHI for public health purposes to agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CMS, state and local health authorities, and state emergency operations centers.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Phishing Attacks The number of phishing attacks targeting the pharmaceutical industry between December 2020 and February 2021 increased by 189% — during this same time period, there was a 530% increase in phishing attacks specifically related to vaccines.

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Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2021

In April 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a report featuring evidence that in the month of March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was not an equal-opportunity killer. ASPE analyzed data from 62,451,150 people who had 1 or more vaccine doses administered by 3-10-21. of Hispanic and LatinX people (19% of U.S.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A range of UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies have further contributed to interpret the human rights implications of private actors’ involvement in health care. 3 ICESCR ) for the full realization of the right to health.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 25, 2022

In June 2020, an estimated 17.8 The pharmaceutical industry has invested millions into drug discovery, innovations in the fields of immunotherapy, targeted therapy guided by genomic profiling, and MRNA technologies inspired by the success of the COVID-19 vaccines. Among the key findings: 1. About Srulik Dvorsky.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 29, 2022

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the rate of reporting of safety data has been unprecedented with the EMA reporting a 93% increase in the volume of adverse event reports reported in 2021 compared to 2020 1. . New advances in technology (e.g.,

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. In September 2020, PwC surveyed consumers with employer-sponsored health insurance about their preferred locations to receive a COVID-19 vaccine within one year of its approval. increased by a relatively low 6.0%

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Jane Sarashon

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Millions of people received COVID-19 vaccinations from pharmacies in their communities, close to home, experiencing high levels of patient satisfaction. Key to that demand is the convenience consumers perceive that’s baked into the retail pharmacy in terms of geography/location and accessibility.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

After a year dominated by COVID-19, and even with the rising challenges of the delta variant, Healthcare IT staffing is rebounding. To complicate matters more, the rising number of vaccine mandates across hospital systems has the potential to put the entire industry in a serious bind. hospitals have announced vaccine mandates.

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