Updated on February 10, 2021 at 11:58 am
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Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN) is offering a place to turn for COVID long-haulers, or people who are suffering from long-term effects from COVID-19.
People can call the network s hotline at (860) 647-6434 Monday-Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
“We felt the need to put it out there because it’s become clear that there are some people that after the acute phase of the COVID illness have lingering symptoms and problems from mild to severe and that they don’t fit easily into a box because they can be related to mental health or physical health,” said Ann Turkington, the Assistant Vice President for Behavior Health for ECHN.
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A notable recent example is OCT, a technology highly effective in diagnosing macular degeneration, the top cause of blindness in people over 60. Long after OCT was recognized as a major advance by eye doctors and their associations, insurers insisted it was unproven and refused to pay.
“They typically call anything new ‘experimental’ and dig their heels in for as long as they can to avoid payment,” Emmel said.
So when Emmel and other physicians heard of the trend of insurance companies buying physician practices, they became concerned that insurers’ focus on the bottom line could pose a threat to the quality of patient care.
Hundreds scrambling for vaccines in Eastern Connecticut after hospitals cancel appointments
Cloe Poisson :: CTMirror.org
Mikaela Coady, a physician assistant with Priority Urgent Care of Ellington, gives Lea Trombley, 90, of Vernon, a first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at St. Bernard Church in the Rockville section of Vernon Thursday, Jan. 28. The one-day clinic was set up in partnership with the town of Vernon in an effort to reach out to the community to make it easier for seniors age 75 and over to get the vaccine. They dispensed 100 doses.
A large group of elderly residents are scrambling to find clinics where they can get their second vaccination shots after two hospitals in Eastern Connecticut abruptly canceled their appointments this week.
Several state providers including UConn Health in Farmington and the Eastern Connecticut Health Network have had to cancel or reschedule clinics this week
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