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COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, May 6, 2021
Read the full articleEducation Secretary Miguel Cardona expects all schools will reopen for in-person learning in time for the new school year. The CDC could approve the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12-15 in the next few weeks. Pfizer expects to ask…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, May 3, 2021
Read the full articleWith more than 100 million Americans fully vaccinated, COVID-19 cases have begun to decrease. However, public health officials are growing concerned that the U.S. will not reach the vaccination levels needed to achieve herd immunity unless we can overcome vaccine hesitancy and…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, April 26, 2021
Read the full articlePresident Biden is expected to announce new guidelines for mask wearing tomorrow. According to the CDC, five million people who received their first dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine never received their second dose. The FDA and CDC expressed their full confidence…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, April 22, 2021
Read the full articlePresident Biden will announce new tax credits for small and medium-sized business that provide paid time off for employees to get COVID-19 vaccines. Some states have more vaccine supply than demand. CVS will begin selling three over-the-counter COVID-19 tests…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, April 19, 2021
Read the full articleThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began a new $1.7 billion program to identify and track COVID-19 variants through genetic sequencing. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) renewed the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) for another 90…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, April 15, 2021
Read the full articleFour things to know about the J&J COVID Vaccine Pause and What to do if you recently received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. New data from the CDC shows a total of 5,800 “breakthrough” infections of COVID-19 for people who were fully…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, April 8, 2021
Read the full articlePatients who experienced an allergic reaction to the first dose of their COVID-19 vaccine will receive their second dose with graded dosing. President Biden endorsed making all adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccines by April 19. This will likely create a surge in…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, April 5, 2021
Read the full articleThe CDC updates its website and guidelines regularly, including Science Briefs; U.S. COVID-19 Cases Caused by Variants; New Variant of Virus that Causes COVID-19 Detected; Workplaces and Businesses. The CDC says the risk of COVID-19 spreading through contact with surfaces…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, March 25, 2021
Read the full articleLegislation that would eliminate the 2% Medicare sequestration payment cuts until the end of 2021, may not be approved until after the legislative recess – mid-April. Currently, the moratorium is scheduled to end 3/31. The Senate passed a bill that extends the application…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, March 22, 2021
Read the full articleThis article compares the three vaccines that have received emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said that a variant of COVID-19 first identified in the United Kingdom…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, March 15, 2021
Read the full articleThis week, the House of Representatives will consider legislation to waive the 4% Medicare cuts set to take effect in 2022 under the Congressional PAYGO requirement as a result of the American Rescue Plan adding $1.9 trillion to the federal deficit. The bill…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, March 8, 2021
Read the full articleIn parallel to its vaccination efforts, the White House is developing a national COVID-19 testing strategy. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new over-the-counter COVID-19 test that can be performed at home. Preliminary data suggests the drug, molnupiravir…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, March 4, 2021
Read the full articleThe Federal Government is beginning a new promotional campaign to encourage COVID-19 vaccination. Many federal agencies continue to develop and update COVID guidances including: COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit; payment and billing HCPCS Level I CPT code structure for specific COVID-19 vaccine…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, February 25, 2021
Read the full articleThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will exempt all Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians (EC) from the nine percent negative payment adjustment for the 2020 reporting year (2022 payment year). CMS explains the new extreme uncontrollable…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, February 22, 2021
Read the full articleThe House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on how to expand the availability of COVID-19 vaccines. Read testimony from Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca and Novavax. The CDC updated many of its guidances including Clinical…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, February 18, 2021
Read the full articleThe administration is in discussions with 13 laboratories to improve genome sequencing of the COVID-19 variants. A new study found that Pfizer’s vaccine is less effective at producing neutralizing antibodies for a variant of the coronavirus that originated in South Africa. However…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, February 11, 2021
Read the full articleThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated a large number of guidelines. A new study found that Pfizer’s vaccine is effective against new COVID-19 variants from the U.K. and South Africa. This article explores how vaccines can adapt…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, January 25, 2021
Read the full articleCDC is increasing monitoring of new COVID variants; CDC provided updated vaccine codes; FDA says N95 masks can only be reused for 4 decontamination cycles Congress President Biden reached out to a bipartisan group of senators about his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 plan…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, February 1, 2021
Read the full articleThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are maintaining resources on COVID-19 on their COVID-19 Partner Resources Page and the HHS COVID Education Campaign page. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, April 11, 2022
Read the full articleNew research highlights the importance of air ventilation as a COVID-19 mitigation measure. Public health experts are tracking a new COVID-19 sub variant, labeled XE. New research from JAMA Pediatrics found that the Omicron variant was contagious among children aged 5 or…
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