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Learning mental health first aid could ease the exacerbation of behavioral health conditions during the COVID-19 public health emergency, writes Katherine Bunting, CEO of Illinois-based Fairfield Memorial Hospital.
The Health Resources and Services Administration has distributed the first half of a planned $5 billion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act’s Provider Relief Fund allocation to nursing homes, the agency announced.
People who have been within 6 feet of someone with COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes but do not have symptoms do not need to get a COVID-19 diagnostic test unless they are “a vulnerable individual” or their health care provider or public health officials recommend it, the Centers for Disease Control…
The Food and Drug Administration authorized the first COVID-19 antigen test that allows health care providers to read the results in minutes directly from the testing card, similar to some pregnancy tests.
The AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity announced that Cone Health in Greensboro, N.C., is the recipient of the 2020 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services extended its timeline for issuing a final rule modernizing the physician self-referral regulations until Aug. 31, 2021.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is vital that hospitals and health systems are equipped with personal protective equipment to ensure the safety of their health care workers while providing care for patients.
Partnering with trusted sources and offering relevant incentives may encourage individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 to respond to health department contact tracing efforts, according to a report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Societal…
The Defense Logistics Agency will begin distributing 1.5 million N95 respirators from the Strategic National Stockpile to about 3,330 nursing homes in the Medicare and Medicaid programs that have less than a three-day supply, the Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its national training program to prevent and control COVID-19 in Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes. The training incorporates best practices and lessons learned from COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes and CMS inspections, with…