COVID-19 News, Reports, and Reflections
April 15, 2020
News:
On April 10th, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began delivery of the initial $30 billion in relief funding to providers in support of the national response to COVID-19 as part of the distribution of the $100 billion provider relief fund provided for in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act recently passed by Congress and signed by President Trump.
Additional clarification.
A study from Cornell University reports new research into the structure and mechanisms of coronaviruses could help suggest a way forward in developing a targeted treatment for COVID-19.
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A Safe Harbor for Members
The newly launched HCMA Foundation Physician Wellness Program is now accessible! The Program provides a safe harbor for members to address life difficulties, especially during this time of uncertainty and challenges due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19, in a confidential and professional environment.
Visit the LifeBridge HCMA Foundation Physician Wellness Program webpage
to learn about the Program and to utilize this exclusive benefit.
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Reports:
AMA Underscores Importance of Science, Data in the Fight Against COVID-19
In a national address last week
, American Medical Association (AMA) President Patrice A. Harris, M.D., M.A., highlighted the essential role that science and data play in protecting public health in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The address, titled “COVID-19: The Importance of Science in an Era of Distrust and Disinformation,” focused on the need for evidence-based solutions and policies to build societal trust and a common understanding in combating COVID-19, including building universal recognition that individual action has community repercussions.
Suspension of rules...
CMS
temporarily suspended a number of rules
so that hospitals, clinics, and
other healthcare facilities can boost their frontline medical staffs as they fight to save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes affect doctors, nurses, and other clinicians nationwide, and focus on reducing supervision and certification requirements so that practitioners can be hired quickly and perform work to the fullest extent of their licenses.
Learn with the AMA’s top experts about the medical ethics issues emerging amid the COVID-19 global pandemic and how physicians can navigate them. Timothy M. Smith, Senior News Writer, AMA, April 13, 2020
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Reflections:
Making strides in social distancing
And hockey games, too.
One of The 1st U.S. Doctors With COVID-19 Is Back Home
Makeshift masks, face shields, and other ways to make life easier for clinicians and patients
THANK YOU HEALTHCARE WORKERS!
Full Circle PR, HCMA's Benefit Provider for marketing and public relations, has created a Go-Fund-Me campaign to show appreciation to our physicians and all local health care workers. You can help "Paint Tampa Bay" with yard signs showing community support for our healthcare workers! The proceeds will go to locally owned restaurants to provide meals to the healthcare workers in the Tampa Bay area
.
Click here for more information and to donate.
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