Bill of Health

APRIL 7, 2022

On March 15, 2022, STAT published text of a proposed compromise at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to temporarily relax global standards for intellectual property for COVID-19. The notion that certain TRIPS flexibilities are exceptional to the COVID-19 crisis. In general, there are no legal benefits to the proposal.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 6, 2022

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is currently embroiled in a dispute over the ownership of patent rights to Moderna’s flagship mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273). If so, NIH, their employer, would be a co-owner of the vaccine technology and could, in theory, make it more broadly available around the world.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Nevertheless, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a major panic in the country’s legal system and judiciary. Additionally, the Government declared COVID-19 a “ formidable disease ” under the Public Health Act on April 1, 2020.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 25, 2021

What You Should Know: – UPS, together with its UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) subsidiary, announced it is now making COVID-19 vaccine deliveries via drone for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, using new cold chain packaging developed specifically for drones. Drone with UPS Flight Forward.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, now entering its fourth year in 2023, legislators, executives, and judges at every level of government have sought measures to derail efficacious public health interventions. And most relate solely to COVID-19 interventions, which sunset permanently as states withdraw their emergencies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A report released Wednesday from CI Security found that cybercriminals have continued to take advantage of the fallout from COVID-19. Department of Health and Human Services breach reports last year, found that the number of healthcare data breaches increased 36% in the second half of 2020, compared to the first half.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

In particular, we look at vaccine distribution as a medication adherence problem, the important role of finance reform, and much more. Talking points: How 2020 changed healthcare. How the COVID-19 telehealth boom has and hasn’t affected asynchronous virtual care. The importance of continued federal COVID-19 relief.

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Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2021

In April 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a report featuring evidence that in the month of March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was not an equal-opportunity killer. The rate of vaccinations against the coronavirus, too, significantly varied by race and ethnicity as of March 11, 2021. In the U.S., population).

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Outside of the claims, One Medical’s financial results for both the fourth quarter and full year of 2020 improved year-over-year. .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

might be finally turning a corner in the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, the COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted the importance of data analytics and data in general, said Lupu of Sanford Health. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said recently that the U.S. " Dr. Roxana Lupu, Sanford Health.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

More than 591 million EU Digital COVID Certificates (EUDCC) have now been generated, according to a European Commission report published today. The certificate, which covers COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery, aims to facilitate safe travel for citizens in Europe. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Health Law Attorney

MARCH 16, 2022

In an effort to combat the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Dept. The HRSA began processing claims submitted to the Uninsured Program on February 4, 2020. In its notice, the HRSA specified that the Uninsured Program would stop accepting claims for testing, treatment, and vaccination on two separate dates.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has re-shaped consumers for work, school, fitness, cooking, and certainly for health care. Younger Americans prefer retail health settings for vaccines: retail clinics, urgent care sites, or retail pharmacies. adults in April 2020, 2,501 iu May, and 2,511 in September. preferring the medical office.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

By Eduardo Arenas Catalán The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles), entail a notable attempt to consolidate lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. by requiring barriers like intellectual property to be human rights compliant; Principle 27.2(a),

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Compliance Now

JUNE 28, 2023

By: Megan Diehl, MZQ Consulting Late last week, the IRS published additional guidance modifying the COVID-19 coverage that high deductible health plans (HDHPs) can provide while maintaining their HSA-qualified status. Of note, this recent guidance has no impact on COVID-19 vaccinations, which still qualify as preventive care.

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Compliance Now

JUNE 28, 2023

By: Megan Diehl, MZQ Consulting Late last week, the IRS published additional guidance modifying the COVID-19 coverage that high deductible health plans (HDHPs) can provide while maintaining their HSA-qualified status. Of note, this recent guidance has no impact on COVID-19 vaccinations, which still qualify as preventive care.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 7, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised unprecedented challenges for the global health framework and its long-term consequences are not yet in full sight. It is not yet clear why the EC, which was summoned on 22 and 23 January 2020, decided that it was “too early to declare a PHEIC.” By Ilja Richard Pavone.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 11, 2023

The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that he does not plan to renew the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, which is due to expire on May 11, 2023. The post HHS Secretary Will Not Renew COVID-19 PHE: HIPAA Enforcement Discretion to End on May 11, 2023 appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Catholic Health Association (CHA) is urging Americans to “love thy neighbor” by getting the COVID-19 vaccine, Sister Mary Haddad wrote in an editorial published in Modern Healthcare, published on September 3, 2011. who have been anti-vaccine in the COVID era. Sister Mary is CEO and President of CHA.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Prisons, jails, and other carceral facilities have been core sites of the COVID-19 pandemic, from initial outbreaks in Chinese prisons to some of the largest outbreaks in the U.S. Yet, despite these inequities, the human toll of COVID-19 among incarcerated people has remained behind the walls and in the shadows.

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Bill of Health

JULY 12, 2024

Contreras On July 2, 2024, the High Court of the United Kingdom issued a decision in Moderna’s mRNA vaccine patent litigation against Pfizer and BioNTech. As I previously discussed in October of 2020, Moderna pledged not to enforce its patents against makers of COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By December 2020, the world had astonishingly powerful tools against COVID-19. New mRNA vaccines, underpinned by decades of public investment , had been authorized by global regulators. Finally, Congress failed to fund global vaccine assistance , turning its back on the world. By Zain Rizvi.

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Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2021

The Wall Street Journal featured the grocery chain Kroger in an article yesterday titled, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Tests Give Boost to Kroger’s Health Ambitions. It was the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerated some early-adopting health consumers viewing their home as their ultimate site for self-care and health care.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Reports by the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) and partners showed that this situation was a breeding ground for discrimination and inequality in accessing health care services during COVID-19. 3 ICESCR ) for the full realization of the right to health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2020

"If I think of 2020, obviously the pandemic dominated [the year] for all of us," said Megan Callahan, VP of healthcare at Lyft, in an interview with Healthcare IT News. But Callahan has a few ideas of what to expect: COVID-19 vaccine access and distribution will have lasting impacts.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

After a year dominated by COVID-19, and even with the rising challenges of the delta variant, Healthcare IT staffing is rebounding. To complicate matters more, the rising number of vaccine mandates across hospital systems has the potential to put the entire industry in a serious bind. hospitals have announced vaccine mandates.

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Health Law Pulse

JANUARY 21, 2022

On January 22, 2020, we shared news from the CDC that confirmed the United States identified its first infection in the country and authorities began scrambling to prepare. The post COVID-19 Update: More Reflections on a Pandemic appeared first on Health Law Pulse.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

THE PROBLEM Prior to 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, there were federal and state policies in place that discouraged FQHCs like Ryan Health from adopting telehealth services due to payment restrictions. " Prior to March 2020, only a few providers or employees were connecting remotely.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

Since the second quarter of 2020, I’ve noticed that JAMA has devoted increasing column inches to the issues of health equity, social determinants of health, and structural racism in U.S. The bar chart here was drawn on the data the CDC presented in June 2020 getting granular on coronavirus cases by age and race. health care.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

COVID-19 and the U.S. health system The COVID-19 pandemic had devastating effects on the United States, and brought these long standing health inequities and policy failures – from resource allocation to public health coordination – into the view of the general American public.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 1, 2022

As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, and as we face the reality that future pandemics are coming (or have already begun ), it’s a fitting time for the United States to take stock of how the carceral system has exacerbated the harms of COVID-19, and for policymakers to seriously consider what can and should be done differently going forward.

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Health Populi

MAY 26, 2021

The emergence of the COVID-19 vaccine “infodemic” has slowed the ability for nations around the world to emerge out of the public health crisis. Growing cynicism among some health citizens facing the politicization of public health tactics like vaccines and facial masks is what we’re talking about.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

What You Should Know: Labcorp announced that it is offering an observed collection of COVID-19 PCR testing in over 500 patient service centers nationwide. In addition, Labcorp COVID-19 PCR tests may be conducted at doctors’ offices, hospitals and health systems, urgent care facilities and many drive-thru testing sites.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2022

According to the vendor, 19 different languages are available for use. Other companies and organizations have also sought to reduce provider burden via patient communications before and after appointments – including COVID-19 vaccinations. THE LARGER TREND.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2023

EHR data in action: Insights into long COVID The primary advantage of EHR data is the low latency compared to the 90-day lag of claims data. For example, in the early stage of the pandemic, clinical researchers in collaboration with the COVID-19 Patient Recovery Alliance needed to study patients with long COVID-19.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. Looking around the future corner, the inflators are expected to be: A COVID-19 “hangover,” leading to increased health care services utilization. Consumers expressed different vaccine site preferences depending on their ethnicity/race and age group.

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2021

The economic and healthcare system impacts of this were explored in the Post-Covid Healthcare Landscape , delivered by Fitch Solutions’ Jamie Davies and Beau Noafshar, leaders in the Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, and Medical Devices groups. The forecast is that these backlogs could persist “for years” in the NHS.

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