Coronavirus Update
Preparing your Agency For What May Lie Ahead
CDC Guidance & Resources
- *NEW* Guidance Regarding Mask Wearing
- CDC Guidelines for Vaccinated People
- Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People
- Considerations for Homebound Persons
- COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit for Community-Based Organizations
- COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit for Essential Workers
- Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure to COVID-19
- Preparedness Resources
- FAQs for Healthcare Professionals
- CDC’s Information Page for Healthcare Professionals
CMS Guidance & Resources
- COVID-19 Vaccine Codes: Updated Effective Date for Moderna
- Enrollment for Administering COVID-19 Vaccine Shots
- COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Health Care Providers Fact Sheet
- CMS Newsroom
- COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions – Updated 3/18/2020
- Medicare Telemedicine Healthcare Provider Fact Sheet – 3/17/2020
- Medicare Telehealth Frequently Asked Questions – 3/17/2020
- Accelerated/Advance Payments for Providers Fact Sheet
- Long-Term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit
CMS Current Emergency Information & Updates Page
NAHC Guidance & Resources
- COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
- Coronavirus Guidance for Home Health & Hospice
- Exposure to Coronavirus (201-NCOV): Disease Response & Management
- NAHC’s COVID-19 Resource Page
WA DOH Resources & Recommendations
DOH Resources
Testing Patients for COVID-19COVID-19 Testing Information for Healthcare Providers (DOH) (PDF) – Updated 3/17/2020COVID-19 Testing Information for Healthcare Provider (CDC) – Updated 2/1/2020Providence and Microsoft have developed an online Coronavirus Assessment Tool
Materials for Patients
- What to do if you have confirmed or suspected coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (PDF) – Updated 3/17/2020
- What to do if you were potentially exposed to someone with confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (PDF) – Updated 3/17/2020
- What to do if you have symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and have not been around anyone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 (PDF) – Updated 3/17/2020
- These materials are available in additional languages on our COVID-19 Educational Materials page
Infection Prevention and PPE
- Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of PPE (CDC)
- COVID-19 Announcement for Visitors (PDF)
- Healthcare Infection Prevention Guidance for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (CDC) – Updated 2/3/2020
- Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Updated 3/8/20
- Outpatient Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for COVID-19 (PDF) – Updated 3/2/20
- Prevention of Suspected Respiratory Disease Transmission in the Dental Healthcare Setting (PDF) – Updated 3/2/20
- Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators (CDC) – Updated 2/29/2020
Vaccine Information
- COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan update from the Washington State Department of Health
- COVID Vaccines Availability Update
- Vaccine Allocation Phase 1A
WA DOH’s COVID-19 Resource Page
WA HCA Guidance & Resources
- COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
- Washington State 1135 waiver request to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Summary of 1135 waiver request
- CMS approves Washington State’s request for Medicaid 1135 waiver
- Apple Health telemedicine brief for COVID-19
- Family Planning Only Program telemedicine services offered during the COVID-19 outbreak – (additional information to come on reimbursement rates and other details–including temporary allowances for telephone encounters)
WA HCA’s COVID-19 Resource Page
Additional Resources
- ICS Form 213RR, Resource Request Message (FEMA)
- DSHS ALTSA Letter to Nursing Facilities/Home Administrators
- DSHS ALTSA Letter to Assisted Living Facility Administrators
- BGR Group State-by-State Coronavirus Update – 3/17/2020
- LHC Group COVID-19 Healthcare-in-Home Protocol
- Emergency Preparedness Tabletop Exercise After Action Summary Report – courtesy of WSHPCO
- COVID-19 Home Care and Hospice Checklist
- Zoom Telemedicine Process
- WA DOH COVID-19 Assessment Quicksheet
- HHS COVID-19 Healthcare Planning Checklist
- OSHA Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
- AICPA State Tax Filing Guidance for Coronavirus Pandemic – 3/20/2020
- CNN Interview with Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, Chief Clinical Officer, Providence Health System – 3/19/2020
- WA SNF COVID-19 Algorithm
- WA In-Home Services Lines COVID-19 Testing Algorithm
- Screening Process for ALL
- PSJH Handmade Faceshield Instructions – NEW
- WA DSHS Letter – Hospital Discharges to Nursing Homes – NEW
- HR 748 CARES Act Final – NEW
- PQHH: Combatting Coronavirus with Home Health: Existing Waivers and Needed Additional Support (doc) – 4/6/2020