COVID-19: Other Resources

Practice Management

CMA COVID-19 Financial Toolkit (CMA, 04/06/20)

Medicare Telemedicine Health Care Provider Fact Sheet  (CMS, 03/17/20)

FAQs to Assist Medicare Providers with Billing and Coding for COVID-19 Testing (CMS 3/6/2020)

Medicare Coverage and Payment Related to COVID-19 (CMS 3/5/2020)

Medicaid and CHIP Coverage and Payment Related to COVID-19 (CMS 3/5/2020)

Individual and Small Group Market Insurance Coverage (CMS 3/5/2020)

HIPAA Privacy and Novel Coronavirus (HHSC)

Key OSHA Standards for COVID-19 (US Dept of Labor)

Interim Guidance for Health Care Facilities: Preparing for Community Transmission of COVID-19 in the United States (CDC 2/29/2020)

Steps Health Care Facilities Can Take Now to Prepare for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (CDC 2/29/2020)

Persons Under Investigation (PUIs)

Health care personnel should immediately notify both infection control personnel at their  facility and their local or state health department in the event of a PUI.

Information for Health Departments on Reporting a PUI or Presumptive Positive and Laboratory-Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 (CDC, 03/1/2020)

Stigma Related to COVID-19 (Share Facts, Not Fear) (CDC, 02/26/2020)

Interim Guidance for Public Health Personnel Evaluating Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) and Asymptomatic Close Contacts of Confirmed Cases at Their Home or Non-Home Residential Settings (CDC, 02/24/2020)

Health Care Professional Preparedness Checklist for Transport and Arrival of Patients With Confirmed or Possible COVID-19 (CDC, 02/21/2020)

Specimen Collection and Testing

COVID-19 is a notifiable condition that should be reported to your local health department immediately if either suspected or confirmed. 

Public Health Departments in California (CDPH)

Public Health Labs Testing for COVID-19 (CDPH, 3/11/2020)

FAQs on COVID-19 Testing at Laboratories (CDC 3/10/2020)

Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (CDC 3/9/2020)

FAQs for Diagnostic Tools and Virus (CDC 3/1/2020)

Laboratory Testing Fact Sheet for Patients (CDC 2/4/2020)

Laboratory Testing Fact Sheet for Health Care Professionals (CDC 2/4/2020)

Specialty Physicians

Obstetrics

ACOG Practice Advisory: Novel Coronavirus 2019 

FAQs: Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Pregnancy (CDC, 02/21/20)

Interim Guidance on Breastfeeding for a Mother Confirmed or Under Investigation For COVID-19 (CDC, 02/19/20)

Interim Considerations for Infection Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Inpatient Obstetric Health Care Settings (CDC, 02/18/20)

Pediatrics

FAQs: Coronavirus Disease 2019  and Children (CDC, 02/22/20)

Long-Term Care

Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Nursing Homes (CMS, 03/09/20)

Long-Term Care Facility Self-Assessment Tool (CMS, 03/09/20)

Strategies to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities (CDC, 03/01/20)

EMS

Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services Systems and 911 Public Safety Answering Points for COVID-19 in the US (CDC, 02/15/20)

Clinical Care

Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019 – nCoV) Infection (CDC, 03/07/2020)

Guidance for Infection Control Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): FAQs and Considerations for Patient Triage, Placement and Hospital Discharge (CMS, 03/04/2020)

Strategies to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities (CDC, 03/01/2020)

What Health Care Personnel Should Know about Caring for Patients with Confirmed or Possible COVID-19 Infection (CDC, 02/29/2020)

Interim Guidance for Discontinuation of Transmission-Based Precautions and Disposition of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 (CDC, 02/16/2020)

Health Care Professional Preparedness Checklist for Transport and Arrival of Patients With Confirmed or Possible COVID-19 (CDC)

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Hospital Preparedness Assessment Tool (CDC)

Home Care

Interim Guidance for Discontinuation of In-Home Isolation for Patients with COVID-19 (CDC, 02/16/2020)

Interim Guidance for Preventing the Spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Homes and Residential Communities (CDC, 02/14/2020)

Interim Guidance for Implementing Home Care of People Not Requiring Hospitalization for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (CDC, 02/12/2020)

Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings (CDC)

Infection Control and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Shortages of PPE are global and to be expected. The CDC recommends use of PPE for patients with confirmed or possible COVID-19 and for health care personnel in necessary situations but not for the general public.

Outpatient Healthcare Facility Infection Control Recommendations for Suspect COVID-19 Patients (CDPH, 02/26/20)

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Fighting Products (Center for Biocide Chemistries) 

Guidance for use of Certain Industrial Respirators by Health Care Personnel (CMS, 03/10/20)

Health Care Infection Prevention and Control FAQs for COVID-19 (CDC, 03/10/20)

Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or Persons Under Investigation for COVID-19 in Health Care Settings (CDC, 03/10/20)

Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Health Care Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Health Care Setting to Patients with COVID-19 (CDC, 03/07/20)

EPA’s Registered Antimicrobial Products for Use Against Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the Cause of COVID-19 (EPA, 03/03/20)

Strategies for Optimizing Supply of N95 Respirators (CDC, 02/29/20)

Health Care Supply of Personal Protective Equipment (CDC, 03/01/20)

How to properly put on, use, and remove PPE (CDC)

Other Sources of Information

Video: Dr. Ruiz Answers Your Questions About the Coronavirus (English | Spanish)

• White House Coronavirus Task Force
  • Keeping Workplaces, Homes, Schools, or Commercial Establishments Safe
  • A Framework for Mitigation
• CDC Response Center
  • Information for health care providers
  • Travel health notices
  • Communications resources
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Timeline: Events as they happen (updated daily)
  • Technical guidance
• California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
• American Medical Association
• New England Journal of Medicine
• JAMA Network
• The Lancet