Bill of Health

JUNE 22, 2022

Has the worldwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccines been impacted by patent rights? It assumes that once you waive all the COVID patents, everyone all of the sudden starts getting vaccinated quicker and safer, but that’s just not the case. What other IP protections do COVID vaccine manufacturers use? What is a patent?

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Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The submission for permanent COVID-19 safety standards comes after temporary pandemic requirements for medical facilities were withdrawn last December.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In June 2022, after almost two years of debate over a potential COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, the World Trade Organization adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement (“WTO Decision”), which provided for a partial waiver of intellectual property rights. The post What Happened to the COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver?

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 12, 2023

Last month, the patent battle between COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers continued with BioNTech/Pfizer filing a strong defense and counter-claim to Moderna’s allegations of patent infringement. government committed more than one billion dollars to Moderna for development of its COVID-19 vaccines. By Aparajita Lath.

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Compliance Now

APRIL 12, 2023

7 into law, thereby ending the national state of emergency related to COVID-19 that was declared under the National Emergencies Act. Furthermore, on April 1, 2023 , state governments resumed conducting Medicaid eligibility determinations, a routine process that was halted in the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, now entering its fourth year in 2023, legislators, executives, and judges at every level of government have sought measures to derail efficacious public health interventions. And most relate solely to COVID-19 interventions, which sunset permanently as states withdraw their emergencies.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pervasive inequities experienced by historically marginalized communities, including people with disabilities. Although disabled people have always experienced inequities concerning economic security, these disparities have grown substantially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 29, 2022

Hospitals overhauled their operations in COVID-19's early days. Now, two years into the pandemic, they are looking ahead at the future of their business, including revenue diversification and workforce stability.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 5, 2022

National Nurses United argued before a federal appeals court on Monday that an existing temporary emergency standard isn't enough to protect healthcare workers from the ongoing threat of COVID-19.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Some have suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic could be a moment of what critical race theorist Derrick Bell called “ interest convergence ,” where majority interests align with those of a minority group to create a critical moment for social change. Why Haven’t Interests Converged During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The bill cuts funding for COVID-19 and monkeypox aid but extends two rural hospital programs.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

With rising case numbers in across the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region and the rest of Europe, a fully vaccinated status might become compulsory for the use of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC) soon – at least in some countries. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 28, 2022

Public health and policy experts have published commentaries on the challenging issues underlying New York’s COVID treatment guidelines and others have offered more detailed guidance, including on this blog, on what criteria should be used in allocating scarce COVID treatments. Emphasis in original.)

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Bill of Health

MARCH 11, 2022

Long COVID has left an estimated 1.6 Those experiencing Long COVID face long-term neurological issues, heart problems, lung damage, and myriad other complications following an initial bout with COVID-19. Though some who are incapacitated by Long COVID will eventually be able to return to work, others may never work again.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 31, 2022

Vaccines are no longer our only medical intervention for preventing severe COVID-19. Older and medically vulnerable people who continue to face high risk of COVID-19 illness after vaccination should not be asked to wait in line behind adults who refused vaccines. By Govind Persad, Monica Peek, and Seema Shah.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It is no surprise, therefore, that similar claims have been filed for damages arising from the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. For example, consider norovirus, which causes more than 19 million cases of acute gastroenteritis in the United States every year.

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Healthcare Dive

JUNE 3, 2022

The data provides a snapshot of early 2022 when COVID-19 infections dropped and patients seemed more willing to return to the doctor's office.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In the last half of 2021, the rate of patients who contracted COVID-19 in a hospital rose at only half the rate as overall COVID-19 admissions, likely due to increased vaccination rates, researchers said.

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Bill of Health

JUNE 1, 2022

But, to do that, it must make a commitment to the truth about COVID as it is in real time, a very serious current threat to health that is likely to be raging uncontrolled for quite some time, not, as we all might hope, a minimal annoyance fading into irrelevance. If it didn’t, there would be no justification for a vaccine in the first place.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A research letter published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that physicians saw a "small but sustained" increase in patient message volume during the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the message increase did not displace patient calls. ON THE RECORD.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 14, 2022

years after COVID-19 was first identified as a global health crisis, the healthcare industry continues to grapple with the challenges the pandemic has […]. The article Recapturing Revenue During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Healthcare Imperative appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. More than 2.5

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The California Supreme Court has adopted take home asbestos liability and the California Court of Appeals has applied this to COVID-19 , but the California Supreme Court has yet to rule on this specific issue. Mr. Kuciemba soon developed COVID-19, which he brought home. Rothstein is the Herbert F.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 8, 2022

The FDA is planning to give holders of EUAs for COVID-19 diagnostics and other devices 180 days notice of its intent to end their authorizations, in anticipation of U.S. public health emergency declarations stopping.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 9, 2023

For any practitioner-patient telemedicine relationships that have been or will be established up to November 11, 2023, the full set of telemedicine flexibilities regarding the prescription of controlled medications established during the COVID-19 PHE will be extended for one year – through November 11, 2024.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The company estimated revenue from its COVID-19 vaccine and new antiviral pill Paxlovid will total $54 billion this year.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The article Nanotechnology vs. SARS-CoV-2: Can Nanomedicine Help Combat COVID-19? This has caused serious damages and mortality among countries, especially those developing countries that […]. appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2022

A University of Iowa study published this month in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare found that an at-home telemonitoring program was an effective and sustainable way to manage COVID-19 for patients. WHY IT MATTERS. Enrolled patients were risk-stratified based on age and underlying comorbidities.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The American Medical Association (AMA) announced that the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set has been updated by the CPT Editorial Panel to include vaccine and administration codes for pediatric doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed […].

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 31, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a statement saying that people no longer need to quarantine if they are exposed to someone with COVID-19. They also should test for COVID-19 on day 5. The CDC made these guidelines to help schools who have been suffering as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Modern Healthcare

MAY 11, 2023

The federal government waived rules and created flexibilities to ease the burden on the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Most of them will end Thursday.

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Jackson Lewis

MAY 3, 2023

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced that, at the end of the day on May 11, 2023, it will end COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, and international air travelers. The COVID-19 public health emergency also will end on the same day.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 5, 2021

Starting tomorrow, the Indonesian government will deliver free telemedicine services for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms across the country in a bid to ease hospital pressure as cases hit record highs. billion for COVID-19 treatment, testing, tracing, drugs, vaccines and protective gear. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A bill advanced out of the Alaska Senate this past week would expand access to telehealth throughout the state, but would also prohibit businesses, state agencies and local governments from requiring a COVID-19 vaccination to access public areas. As of Sunday, the state had 277 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. ON THE RECORD.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 15, 2023

As COVID-19 recedes, payers face changed coverage landscape fdiamond Mon, 05/15/2023 - 17:03

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 19, 2022

COVID-19 vaccines protect against more than just COVID: study. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 12:03.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

David Gray When President Joe Biden recently declared on national television that “the pandemic is over,” he offered a glimpse into the strategy his administration will be using on COVID-19 going forward: We’re ready to move on. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S. 13, 2022, unless it’s renewed yet again.

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HealthIT Answers

MAY 19, 2023

The post End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency appeared first on Health IT Answers. With this, the relaxed regulations and waivers put in place during the pandemic expired, and providers need to return to full compliance with HIPAA regulations. Be sure your policies and procedures for safeguarding PHI are up to date.

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