Trump Administration Re-Establishes Ready Reserve Corps as Part of the United States Public Health Service

01. July 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, the Trump Administration recognized and thanked the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps at its Headquarters, as the USPHS continues to deploy more than two-thirds of its force to support the fight against the COVID-19 public health emergency. Vice President Pence met with Commissioned Corps leadership to discuss the future of USPHS with ...

HHS Extends COVID-19 Testing Public-Private Partnership

01. July 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will extend its partnership with national pharmacy and grocery retail chains CVS, Rite-Aid, Walgreens, Quest (through services at Walmart) and eTrueNorth (through services at Kroger, Health Mart, and Walmart) so they may continue to seamlessly provide Americans convenient access to COVID-19 testing. The partnership, which is ...