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CMS announced on April 21st that freestanding Emergency Rooms (ER) in Texas, Colorado, Delaware, and Rhode Island have been temporarily approved to see Medicare and Medicaid enrollees to help reduce pressure seen on hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. Usually, federal regulations do not allow a freestanding ER to bill Medicare and […]

Freestanding ER To See Medicare and Medicaid Patients

April 26, 2020 in Health tagged CMS / covid-19 / healthcare news / medicaid / medicare by Jadon Sennet

Ever-changing news regarding the coronavirus is hard to keep up with. The best way to help your community get through this is to stay at home, maintain your distance from anyone around you, wash your hands regularly, and disinfect any surfaces you often use. Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s […]

New COVID-19 App

April 23, 2020 in Health tagged covid-19 / disease awareness / healthcare technology by Emily Schellin

Perhaps the only good news being projected recently has been that of COVID-19 survivors. Their recovery process has been brutal, no doubt, but how are patients recovering from the virus? What does the process entail? Doctors have done plenty of research in an attempt to discover the how to recover […]

COVID-19 Recovery Process

April 20, 2020 in Health tagged covid-19 / disease awareness / health risks by Emily Schellin

Coronavirus — April 3rd brought more announcements from the CDC regarding the spread of COVID-19. Experts are now recommending everyone wear face masks when they feel they must go out in public. Places such as grocery stores and pharmacies will be the most vulnerable and you should keep your trips short and […]

Face Masks in Public

April 19, 2020 in Health tagged covid-19 / disease awareness / health risks by Emily Schellin

While we are seeing many respiratory problems as a result of COVID-19, doctors leading the fight against the virus are discovering another medical problem as a result. Many COVID-19 patients are becoming victims of heart problems, and ultimately dying of cardiac arrest. With data from the U.S., China, and Italy, […]

COVID-19 Affects Cardiac Health

April 18, 2020 in Health tagged covid-19 / health risks / heart health by Emily Schellin

How do pets and COVID-19 mix? Following the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, scientists in China tested to see how the disease affected animals, and whether or not they could pass it on to humans. They found that cats could pass the virus to one another through viral RNA breathed out from the […]

Pets and COVID-19

April 17, 2020 in Health tagged covid-19 / health risks / quarantine by Emily Schellin

Is There Political Bias with Coronavirus news coverage? A new Pew Poll shows that there could be political bias with the coronavirus coverage from networks. While almost all the news you see today is wall-to-wall coronavirus coverage it’s extremely important that you get correct and accurate information. That way you […]

Is There Political Bias With Coronavirus News Coverage?

April 15, 2020 in Health tagged covid-19 / disease awareness / healthcare news by Micah Boulter

Reopening Healthcare.gov Rejected After considering reopening the Healthcare.gov markets for several weeks, Fox News reports the Trump administration has rejected reopening Healthcare.gov amid coronavirus outbreak. Reopening the Obamacare marketplace would have enabled millions of workers – and people who chose not to buy during the enrollment period – to purchase […]

Reopening Healthcare.gov Rejected

April 13, 2020 in Health tagged aca / covid-19 / insurance and government / SEP by Jenny McCann

Quarantined? No Problem! Here are some fun things you can do at home. Stuck inside due to a mandatory quarantine? Or maybe just in a shelter in place and can’t go to work? Whatever the reason, here are some helpful tricks, tips and all-around fun things to do while you […]

Quarantined? No Problem! Here are some fun things you can ...

April 12, 2020 in Health tagged covid-19 / lifestyle tips / quarantine by Micah Boulter

Blood donation centers all over the United States are working tirelessly to collect plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19. This is the latest effort to save people who are currently battling the virus, for which there is no cure. International nonprofit agency AABB released guidelines on March 31 […]

Convalescent Plasma Therapy to Treat COVID-19

April 11, 2020 in Health tagged covid-19 / disease awareness / disease treatment by Emily Schellin