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[Gov.] Kemp adds educators, other groups to COVID vaccination list
Georgia Health News
Gov. Brian Kemp, as expected, is adding educators to the state’s COVID vaccine priority list. | READ MORE
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Discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans must end, doctors say (mentions MAG)
AMA Wire
The AMA has joined dozens of other organizations representing industries employing tens of millions of Americans to support H.R. 5, the Equality Act, which amends several provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act “to provide affirmative, statutory nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ Americans both in the workplace and in the community.” | READ MORE
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Want to save lives? Let us give COVID vaccines in our offices, docs say
MedPage Today
What if there was an easy way to shorten the window to full COVID-19 vaccination and herd immunity by as many as 100 days, and potentially save 150,000-to-200,000 lives? There is: just let people get their COVID vaccines at their primary care doctors' offices, suggests Jack Westfall, M.D., MPH, director of the Robert Graham Center at the American Academy of Family Physicians. | READ MORE
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Walgreens added to Georgia stores offering COVID vaccine appointments
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Walgreens has begun offering COVID vaccine appointments at some of its Georgia stores, adding another option for Georgians who are eligible to receive a vaccine, the company announced Tuesday. | READ MORE
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COVID mass vaccination site coming to Savannah
Savannah Now
The Savannah area is getting its first drive-through COVID mass vaccination center later this month, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday. | READ MORE
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House panel okays bill allowing some hospital, nursing home visits during emergency
Georgia Pulse
A committee of the Georgia House, despite industry opposition, passed a bill Monday allowing people to visit patients in hospital and long-term care facilities during a public health emergency – like the current pandemic. | READ MORE
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Atrium, Houston call off hospital deal, citing pandemic pressures
Georgia Health News
Two Middle Georgia health systems have called off their proposed combination, saying the COVID pandemic played a major role in the breakup. | READ MORE
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Newly approved vaccine, with its one-shot convenience, may help ease people’s reluctance
Georgia Health News
Now that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is heading to Georgia and other states, will it reduce the number of people who are hesitant about getting a COVID-19 shot? | READ MORE
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Common HIPAA violations physicians should guard against
AMA Wire
From the Hippocratic Oath of ancient Greece to modern Washington’s Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, patient privacy has been a foundation of medicine and is etched into the AMA Code of Medical Ethics. | READ MORE
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Insurers continue to target emergency medicine for claim denials and downcodes
Emergency Medicine News
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield drew intense criticism between 2017 and 2019 and an investigation by the office of then-Senator Claire McCaskill for its retroactive denials of emergency department claims based on its assessment of the patient's final diagnosis as “avoidable.” | READ MORE
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Q&A: Clearing up confusion on physician burnout and depression
AMA Wire
It is important to differentiate between physician burnout and depression. While burnout has often been misconstrued to be directly related to depression and suicidal ideation, that is not the case. Yet confusion about these critical distinctions remains, even among some physicians. | READ MORE
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Plunging demand for COVID-19 tests may leave U.S. exposed
Associated Press
Just five weeks ago, Los Angeles County was conducting more than 350,000 weekly coronavirus tests, including at a massive drive-thru site at Dodger Stadium, as health workers raced to contain the worst COVID-19 hotspot in the U.S. | READ MORE
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