Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Hospitalization rates for COVID-19 were nearly four times higher for black, and two times higher for Hispanic, Medicare beneficiaries than for white Medicare beneficiaries, according to data on COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on the administration鈥檚 response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which featured officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Food and Drug Administration, and Centers for Disease鈥
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Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., has partnered with Charlotte, N.C.-based Stanson Health, a Premier Inc. company, to develop an artificial intelligence-enabled solution for tracking COVID-19 transmission. The EHR-agnostic, free, real-time surveillance app sifts through volumes of鈥
Rogers Behavioral Health offers free resources on compassion, compassion fatigue, wellness and resilience strategies and other topics.
Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, offers a Senior Shape exercise program via Zoom, so older adults keep moving and stay connected to others.
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Beginning July 6, both traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans will cover diagnostic COVID-19 laboratory tests for nursing home residents and patients through the remainder of the public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday.
FDA issues guidance on removed COVID-19 antibody tests; reporting potential medical device shortages
Clinical laboratories and health care providers should stop using any antibody tests on the Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 鈥渞emoved鈥 test list, evaluate prior results from the test and whether to retest the patient using an FDA-authorized test, the agency said.