Influenza Outbreak Management in Long-Term Care Facilities
Offers information related to vaccination, testing, infection control, antiviral treatment, and antiviral chemoprophylaxis.
Providing Better, More Coordinated Care Through Pioneer ACOs
Starting today, provider groups from across the country will get support in providing better, more coordinated health care through an initiative called the Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Model. This initiative will advance the best practices of primary care doctors, specialists, hospitals and other providers in coordinating care for patients with Medicare. There are 32 leading health care organizations from across the country that will participate in this new initiative made possible by the Affordable Care Act.
UPDATED: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
National Influenza Vaccination Disparities Partnership December Newsletter, PDF
2.5 Million More Young Adults Have Coverage Thanks to Health Law
The provision in the law allowing young adults to remain on their parents’ health insurance until age 26 has resulted in 2.5 million young people gaining coverage, according to analysis based on new data released today by the National Center for Health Statistics.
Helping More Medical Students Repay their Loans
Today marks the opening of the 2012 application cycle for the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. Primary care medical, dental, and mental/behavioral health clinicians are able to pay down their educational debt, and earn a competitive salary, while providing comprehensive care in underserved communities.
First U.S. Cell-based Flu Vaccine Plant Set for Dedication
The first U.S. facility to use a faster and more flexible technology to make influenza vaccine was dedicated today, as part of an initiative that could provide vaccine supplies sooner in an influenza pandemic. The plant in Holly Springs, N.C., can create vaccine using cultured animal cells instead of the conventional process of using fertilized eggs.
Have You Heard, December 9, 2011: CDC confirms two human infections with novel influenza viruses
CDC Confirms Two Human Infections with Novel Influenza Viruses
CDC has confirmed two cases of human infection with two different novel influenza A viruses in different states. Both patients have fully recovered.
Expanding School-Based Health Centers
School Based Health Centers expand preventive and primary care and help our children grow healthy and strong.
As Open Enrollment Ends, People with Medicare save $1.5 billion on prescriptions
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, the Medicare prescription drug coverage gap known as the donut hole is starting to close. Through the end of October, 2.65 million people with Medicare have received discounts on brand name drugs in the donut hole. These discounts have saved seniors and people with disabilities a total of $1.5 billion on prescriptions – averaging about $569 per person.