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17 Mar 2020, 7:26 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Trump was invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950, a Korean War-era law that authorizes a president to take extraordinary action to force American industry to ramp up production of critical equipment and supplies such as ventilators, respirators and protective gear for health care workers. [read post]
Specifically, OCR guidance describes that Secretary Alex Azar has exercised the authority to waive sanctions and penalties for the following HIPAA provisions: the requirement to obtain a patient’s agreement in order to speak with family members or friends involved in the patient’s care. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 6:52 pm by Steve Gottlieb
  But now it is treating the outbreak most seriously, closing schools and universities, suspending Friday prayers, and mobilizing its already beleaguered health system to stem the spread of the virus and care for its victims. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 2:45 pm by Mark S. Goldstein
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local health authorities). [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 1:37 pm by Kevin LaCroix
In March 2015, for example, as a result of an extensive study, several world health groups issued a report that concluded that glyphosphare was a “probably human carcinogen. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 12:40 pm by Jon L. Gelman
May be able to use accrued Earned Sick Leave: The Earned Sick Leave law states, in part: “Time during which the employee is not able to work…because of the issuance by a public health authority of a determination that the presence in the community of the employee, or a member of the employee's family in need of care by the employee, would jeopardize the health of others. [read post]
  The State of Florida received permission to eliminate the limits on instances of care furnished and how many participants receive care from an out-of-state provider for the duration of the 1135 waiver. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 12:31 pm by Michael Abramowicz
The State of Washington is making it easier for health care professionals to work in the state without an active license. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 12:04 pm by Michele Haydel Gehrke and Ronnie Shou
” Further, San Diego’s local Paid Sick Leave law does allow eligible employees to use earned sick leave if to care for a child “whose school or child care provider is closed by order of a public official due to a Public Health Emergency. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 11:30 am by Elliot Setzer
Britain on Monday asked manufacturers of non-health goods to begin helping to make health equipment including ventilators in order to cope with the medical burden of the coronavirus outbreak, writes the New York Times. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 11:01 am by vforberger
There is also coverage for taking care of sick family members. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 9:32 am by Karman Lucero
Yes, there are certainly many selfless and hard-working health care professionals and other individuals within China who deserve admiration for their roles. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 8:36 am by Ulrike Elteste
 It includes recommendations for health authorities about how to conduct such tracking (including via questionnaires), and notes that the local health authority is in charge of conducting and coordinating these efforts. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 7:58 am by Joseph J. Lazzarotti
Covered entities are health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers that conduct one or more covered health care transactions electronically, such as transmitting health care claims to a health plan. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 7:00 am by Bob Kraft
These psychosocial needs typically fall into three categories: Social, mental health, and emotional. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 2:10 am by Daniel Klapper
Wolf’s authority to issue a statewide lockdown stems from an amendment to Pennsylvania’s Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955, introduced to Pennsylvania’s House on March 13. [read post]
16 Mar 2020, 7:19 pm by Anthony Zaller
 Preventative care may include self-quarantine as a result of potential exposure to COVID-19 if quarantine is recommended by civil authorities. [read post]
16 Mar 2020, 5:18 pm by James McQuade
“Public health emergency” is defined as “an emergency with respect to coronavirus declared by a Federal, State, or local authority,” and many jurisdictions are thus already in a public health emergency. [read post]