On May 4, 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of Health released the following updates based on guidance released by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on May 3, 2020,…
The Pennsylvania Department of Health released the following alert on May 4, 2020: Summary In order to perform testing for SARS-CoV-2, a laboratory must have CLIA certification. Currently, only molecular…
The Pennsylvania Department of Health released the following guidelines on April 30, 2020: Summary The following specimens are acceptable to submit for COVID-19 testing: A nasophyaryngeal (NP) specimen, An oropharyngeal…
In support of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s initiatives to increase access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings, the Health Federation of Philadelphia invites waivered…
On April 30, 2020, CMS released the following update on COVID-19: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an update to the 2020 CMS Quality Reporting Document…
On April 30, CMS released updates on the COVID-19 pandemic. You can view the news in full here. Below is the list of topics with direct links to the articles.…
The Philadelphia County Medical Society (PCMS) is calling on everyone in our city and neighboring Pennsylvania counties to join New York City and many other parts of the nation and…
On April 28, the PCMS Public Health Committee held a Q&A regarding COVID-19. You can listen to the session below, with a transcript written underneath. https://philamedsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/COVID19-Q-and-A-Conference-Audio-Copy.mp3 Eileen Ryan…
The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) is working with the ActionPPE project launched by the Charleston County Medical Society in South Carolina to bulk purchase PPE on behalf of its member…
HHS released the following COVID-19 updates on April 27. On this page are summaries provided by HHS with links to the full articles. Articles are sorted by topic. Funding Related…
CMS continues to host recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to their response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended…
PCMS, PAMED and several other medical organizations and societies signed a letter regarding medical liability immunity during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was sent to Governor Wolf on April 22, 2020:…