Claims Lines Steady as Waivers Extended
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) extended the COVID-19 public health emergency including key waivers for telehealth until April 2021,
Under the emergency, HHS has allowed more types of providers to bill Medicare for telehealth services and has granted waivers for audio-only telemedicine to be reimbursed.
The extension comes as new FAIR Health data show that telehealth claim lines the individual services or procedures listed on an insurance claim continued to be relatively steady through October, though wildly outpacing 2019 levels.
Telehealth accounted for 5.61% of medical claims lines in October 2020, a giant leap from 0.18% in October 2019, the nonprofit s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker showed.
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Even without studies to guide them, pregnant physicians are moving ahead with COVID-19 vaccination because they say the benefits outweigh any potential risks.
Hilary Shapiro, MD, chief cardiology fellow at the University of California Los Angeles, tweeted that she got her shot at 30 weeks after lots of reading and discussing with my doctors.
Denise Vilchez Cardenal, MD, of Ob Hospitalist Group and St. Lucie Medical Center in Florida, got hers at 31 weeks. She said she had no fever or muscle pain and her only symptom was a little bit of pain at the injection site a few hours later, just like the flu vaccine.
Esteemed Tuskegee Airmen Theodore Lumpkin Dies From COVID-19
Theodore Lumpkin, Jr., of the distinguished Tuskegee Airmen, has succumbed to complications of COVID-19.
According to a press release from Los Angeles City College (LACC), the beloved airman and alumnus of the institution died on Dec.26– days before his 101st birthday.
News of his death shook the college.
“The LACC community is saddened by the loss of Theodore Lumpkin Jr., “said Dr. Mary Gallagher, President, Los Angeles City College. “He served our nation with distinction, and we are grateful for all of his contributions.”
The school’s executive director spoke about Lumpkin’s impact on history and the school, saying he was “honored” to have spent time with the centenarian.
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Houston’s Belmont Village Senior Living Communities Combat COVID-19 With Vaccine, a Sense of Community, Special Events and Crucial Socialization
January 7, 2021 GMT
HOUSTON (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 7, 2021
Belmont Village Senior Living founder and CEO, Patricia Will, and her 90-year-old father and resident, Laureano Marino Gutierrez, (Papi) will receive the COVID-19 vaccine together at Belmont Village Hunters Creek, located at 7667 Woodway Dr, Houston, TX 77063 on January 12, 2021.
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“While 2020 presented a year of unprecedented challenges for senior living communities, we are delighted that residents and staff of Belmont Village are set to receive priority vaccines and as such, we have been working closely with Walgreens, our vaccine vendor, to prepare each of our communities,” says founder & CEO, Patricia Will. “While the gift of immunity will be a game changer, we wi
“It has all the elements of what we warn people about,” said Anne Rimoin, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “People yelling and screaming, chanting, exerting themselves all of those things provide opportunity for the virus to spread, and this virus takes those opportunities.”
“If you wanted to organize an event to maximize the spread of covid it would be difficult to find one better than the one we witnessed yesterday,” said Jonathan Fielding, a professor at the schools of Public Health and Medicine at UCLA. “You have the drivers of spreading at a time when we are bearing the heaviest burden of this terrible virus and terrible pandemic.”