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Welcome to CHAP’s COVID-19 Update   In this “one-stop shop” update, CHAP will provide a roundup of important COVID-19 information from various federal sources.   All health care providers should be monitoring COVID-19 incidence rates in their state/county on an ongoing basis.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC provides weekly data about case rates, deaths, testing and vaccine administration on their COVID tracker webpage.     This week’s updates:   CDC Data:             [...]

CHAP’s COVID-19 Weekly Update In this “one-stop-shop” update, CHAP will provide a roundup of important COVID-19 information from various federal sources. All health care providers should be monitoring COVID-19 incidence rates in their state/county on an ongoing basis.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC provides weekly data about case rates, deaths, testing, and vaccine administration on their COVID tracker webpage.   CDC Data   COVID-19 Variants by region   Variant Types – Map key   CDC and other [...]

CHAP’s COVID-19 Weekly Update In this “one-stop-shop” update, CHAP will provide a roundup of important COVID-19 information from various federal sources. All health care providers should be monitoring COVID-19 incidence rates in their state/county on an ongoing basis.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC provides weekly data about case rates, deaths, testing, and vaccine administration on their COVID tracker webpage.   CDC Data   COVID-19 Variants by region   Variant Types – Map key   CDC and other [...]

CHAP’s COVID-19 Weekly Update In this “one-stop-shop” update, CHAP will provide a roundup of important COVID-19 information from various federal sources. All health care providers should be monitoring COVID-19 incidence rates in their state/county on an ongoing basis.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC provides weekly data about case rates, deaths, testing, and vaccine administration on their COVID tracker webpage.   CDC Data   COVID-19 Variants by region   Variant Types – Map key   CDC and other [...]

CHAP’s COVID-19 Weekly Update In this “one-stop-shop” update, CHAP will provide a roundup of important COVID-19 information from various federal sources. All health care providers should be monitoring COVID-19 incidence rates in their state/county on an ongoing basis.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC provides weekly data about case rates, deaths, testing, and vaccine administration on their COVID tracker webpage.   CDC Data   COVID-19 Variants by region   Variant Types – Map key     CDC and [...]

CHAP’s COVID-19 Weekly Update In this “one-stop-shop” update, CHAP will provide a roundup of important COVID-19 information from various federal sources. All health care providers should be monitoring COVID-19 incidence rates in their state/county on an ongoing basis.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC provides weekly data about case rates, deaths, testing, and vaccine administration on their COVID tracker webpage.   CDC Data COVID-19 Variants by region   Variant Types – Map key     CMS Posts Update [...]

CMS Posts Update - Surveys for compliance with Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Requirements CMS’s Quality, Safety & Oversight Group posted a Memo on June 14, 2022, which provides guidance for survey oversight of the staff vaccination requirement for Medicare and Medicaid certified providers and suppliers. (QSO-22-17-ALL) The staff vaccination requirement for all CMS-certified providers and suppliers has been in effect (in all states) since February 20, 2022. CMS reports that nearly 12,000 providers and suppliers have been surveyed [...]