FEBRUARY 4, 2021
[Georgia] is years behind in reporting on Medicaid program quality
Georgia Health News
Federal law requires states to update their plans for improving Medicaid health care quality at least every three years. Georgia, however, published its most recent quality plan in February 2016. It’s at least two years out of date. READ MORE
SGMC’s new Mercer residency program set to bring over 40 physicians
WALB
South Georgia Medical Center is making history. In a few months, they’ll begin accepting applications for the Mercer University School of Medicine Residency Program. The first of its kind at SGMC. | READ MORE
CDC requires face masks on airlines, public transportation
Associated Press
Travelers on airplanes and public transportation like buses and subways will be required to wear face masks starting next week to curb the spread of COVID-19. | READ MORE
CPT codes for new coronavirus vaccines: What you need to know
AMA Wire
The AMA has published an update to the Current Procedural Terminology code set that includes new vaccine-specific codes to report immunizations for the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that are unique to the COVID-19 vaccine candidate under development by Janssen Pharmaceutica, a division of Johnson & Johnson. | READ MORE
The first 30 minutes: Anaphylaxis after COVID vaccination (features MAG member Sandra Fryhofer, M.D.)
Medscape
A new study in MMWR reports on 21 cases of anaphylaxis in the first 1.9 million Pfizer doses administered in the United States. | READ MORE
‘Better than we were’: Central Georgia hospitals see dip in COVID-19 hospitalizations
WMAZ
For the first time in almost two months, fewer than 100,000 Americans are hospitalized with COVID-19. Here in Central Georgia, we're also seeing a dip in hospitalizations. | READ MORE
Another Georgia hospital vaccinated hundreds of ineligible people. Why DPH says this one is different
Fox 5 Atlanta
A northwest Georgia hospital confirmed to the FOX 5 I-Team it has vaccinated hundreds of people not yet eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. | READ MORE
[President] Biden boosting vaccine allotments, financing for virus costs
Associated Press
President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday that it is moving to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, freeing up more doses for states and beginning to distribute them to retail pharmacies next week. | READ MORE
AP analysis: Racial disparity seen in U.S. vaccination drive
Associated Press
A racial gap has opened up in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots, an Associated Press analysis shows. | READ MORE
Anxiety mounts as Georgia educators wait for COVID vaccine
Georgia Health News
States are giving priority for vaccinations to groups they consider at high risk because there is not yet enough COVID-19 vaccine for every American. More than 20 states have made some or all teachers eligible for the vaccinations. But in Georgia, teachers and other school workers have not been elevated into that category by Gov. Brian Kemp. | READ MORE
Augusta National Golf Club announces $2 million COVID-19 vaccine effort with AU Health
The Augusta Chronicle
Augusta National Golf Club will spearhead a $2 million effort to get more people the COVID-19 vaccine in partnership with AU Health System, the club announced Wednesday. | READ MORE
Will Georgia ease rules for visitors in long-term care facilities?
Georgia Health News
[As] nursing home residents [are] getting vaccinations, the state’s long-term care ombudsmen have urged [Gov. Brian] Kemp to ease his rules and allow an “essential visitor’’ – typically a family member – to come into the building to see an individual loved one. | READ MORE
[Georgia] Health agency freezes employee vacations, citing pandemic
Georgia Health News
The state’s Department of Public Health has told its employees – already stretched from pandemic duty – that they can’t take annual leave or vacation till at least April. | READ MORE
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