The American Medical Association announced an editorial update to the Current Procedural Terminology code set that includes a new vaccine administration code for a third dose of the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer.
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By Jeff Shuren MD JD & William Maisel MD MPH – Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, staff at the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health have worked tirelessly to manage unprecedented workload demands to help increase access to high quality, critical products that are essential to our nation’s pandemic response.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, announced the distribution of approximately $9 billion in Provider Relief Fund Phase 4 payments to health care providers who have experienced revenue losses and expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CMS continues to provide relief where possible to clinicians responding to the 2019 COVID-19 public health emergency. They are applying the Merit-based Incentive Payment System automatic extreme and uncontrollable circumstances policy to ALL individually eligible MIPS eligible clinicians for the 2021 performance year.
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When you can’t get off the couch after too much turkey and pumpkin pie, or when you are stuck at an airport like you knew you would be, here are five articles for holiday reading. Safe travels and stay safe this holiday weekend.
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By Derek Jones – The Covid-19 pandemic outbreak affected the way many industries operate, but especially healthcare. There was suddenly a massive pressure on the healthcare system as workload continued to increase with the speed of light.