The Pennsylvania Department of Health released the following health alert on May 11, 2020: Summary As buildings have been shut down or used less frequently, building water quality degradation becomes…
The Pennsylvania Department of Health released the following health alert on May 11, 2020: This guidance is based on available information about COVID-19 and subject to change as additional information…
On May 8, 2020, CMS released updates on COVID-19: New Guidance Available on Requirements for Notification of Confirmed and Suspected COVID-19 Cases Among Residents and Staff in Nursing Homes Nursing…
On May 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (IFC) building on the agency’s efforts to give the American healthcare…
On May 6, Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order to afford health care practitioners protection against liability for good faith actions taken in response to the call to supplement the health…
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…