COVID-19 VIRUS UPDATE – June Bulletin

Delta Variant In December 2020, a new COVID-19 variant was found in India. Now, as of June 2021, just six months after the discovery of the Delta Variant, it is the dominant strain in both India and the United Kingdom. Some key factors to know about the delta variant, also known as B1617.2, are the […]

USDA COVID-19 VACCINE UPDATES – May Bulletin

USDA COVID-19 VACCINE UPDATES On May 10, 2021 the U.S. Food & Drug Administration expanded emergency use for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents as young as 12 years old. Initially, it was only approved for persons 16 an older; however, according to Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock, MD on fda.gov (link below), the expansion […]

March Bulletin – COVID-19 Vaccination Update

COVID-19 VACCINATION UPDATE   As of February 27, 2021, four COVID-19 vaccines have been approved for emergency use and have all been issued CPT codes (please see “Coding Update – 2021” on the PGM Blog for CPT codes and NDC numbers). On March 3, 2010 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the […]

COVID-19 UPDATES – January Bulletin

  After almost a full year of battling the Coronavirus Pandemic with masks, lockdowns and social distancing, a new headline is making news: The virus that causes COVID-19 has changed, making it more contagious. Health experts report that at least one new “super strain” of the virus is already in the U.S. and another highly […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

  It’s finally here! The first COVID-19 vaccinations were given this week after nine long months of enduring the world-wide pandemic. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government, through Operation Warp Speed, has been working on one or more vaccinations. Healthcare workers and long-term care facility staff and patients were the first […]