FDA authorizes first COVID-19 treatment
Photo Cred: Pixabay/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency authorization on Friday evening for the investigational antiviral drug remdesivir for the treatment of...
Read MoreCMS halts advance payment program for COVID-19 providers
Photo Cred: Sebastian Pichler/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has suspended its Advance Payment Program and is reevaluating its Accelerated Payment Program, according to...
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Caring for clinic support staff in COVID-19
Photo Cred: National Cancer Institute/Unsplash By Heather Skeens, MD, CFMP The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has rocked the healthcare industry. Many medical practices have taken a large financial hit and have...
Read MoreHHS announces additional funds for COVID-19 providers
Photo Cred: Brandon Mowinkel/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new funding to reimburse healthcare providers and organizations caring for novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Read MoreNIH releases treatment guidelines for COVID-19
Photo Cred: Markus Spiske/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A panel of physicians, statisticians, and other experts have developed treatment guidelines for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to an announcement made by...
Read MoreIntegrative efforts on Capitol Hill push inclusion in COVID-19 policy
Photo Cred: Pixabay By David Fogel, MD My work in integrative health has spanned 40 years beginning in the 1970s when “alternative medicine” was the only terminology available. Like many...
Read MoreFederal judge prevents sale of industrial bleach equivalents to treat COVID-19
Photo Cred: Helloquence/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A federal court has entered a temporary injunction against the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing and four individuals associated with the entity...
Read MoreNearly half of healthcare practices furloughing staff, survey says
Photo Cred: Lukas/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Medical group practices of all sizes and specialties have felt the direct and indirect financial impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to...
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