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COVID-19 Booster Updates

American Medical Compliance

Cases of COVID-19 are still occurring across the United States due to more contagious Omnicron variants. Doctors and scientists worry about the effectiveness of current vaccines in protecting older populations against Omnicron infections. Therefore, experts are highly recommending booster vaccines. 5 sub-variants.

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COVID-19 Tests With Inaccurate Results

American Medical Compliance

Many people use rapid at home COVID-19 tests to ensure that they have not contracted the virus. Receiving one negative test result does n0t necessarily mean that someone doesn’t have COVID-19. Repeat COVID-19 Tests. However, a PCR COVID-19 test has a higher detection rate of 95%.

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Updated CMS Guidelines for COVID-19 Tests and Booster Shot

Medisys Compliance

Billing and coding guidelines for various medical specialities are constantly getting updated due different COVID-19 variants. In fact, concerned authority extended the current COVID-19 pandemic telehealth waivers for five months beyond the end of the public health emergency. Shop & Stop, Walgreens and Walmart.

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IT execs talk new strategies for analytics, patient engagement, telehealth and more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

might be finally turning a corner in the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, the COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted the importance of data analytics and data in general, said Lupu of Sanford Health. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said recently that the U.S. " Dr. Roxana Lupu, Sanford Health.

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Coding COVID for Uninsured Patients

AIHC

Written by: AIHC Blogger This article is to communicate information from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) regarding the coding of COVID-19 claims for uninsured patients. Encounter for screening for COVID-19, asymptomatic Z20.822 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2 Z86.16

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Preparing for the End of the Public Health Emergency

YouCompli

CMS Updates to beneficiary PHE waivers that matter to healthcare compliance Sharon Parsley, JD, MBA, CHC, CHRC, contributes regularly to the YouCompli blog. In this article, she discusses several issues that hospitals and health systems need to consider as a result of the scheduled end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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3 Lessons Learned from Pandemic-Era Clinical Development Regulatory Practices

HIT Consultant

Ronan Brown, SVP and Head of Integrated Global Compliance, IQVIA. The world has been in urgent need of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tools. Here’s a look at what we’ve learned from COVID-19 era regulatory practices in clinical development.