by GV Team | Apr 15, 2021 | GrandView News, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health, Vaccinations
Blog by Mark Wolfe, Customer Account Representative, GrandView Pharmacy According to the CDC, “The flu virus is one of the most changeable viruses we know, and it’s subtly different every single year,” says Dr. Paul Biddinger, director of the Center for Disaster...
by GV Team | Apr 14, 2021 | Coronavirus, Patient Safety, Resources, Vaccinations
Blog by McKnights.com Providers aiming to increase vaccine acceptance among employees could receive up to $28 million in grant funding, thanks to a new research opportunity announced by a federal research institute. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has...
by GV Team | Apr 9, 2021 | Coronavirus, Resources, Vaccinations
Blog by CVSHealth.com Now offering vaccinations in 44 states at nearly 2,000 stores, with capacity for significant expansion WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) has surpassed 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered through its participation in the...
by GV Team | Mar 22, 2021 | Coronavirus, Patient Safety, Resources, Vaccinations
Blog by Skilled Nursing News When emergency use authorizations (EUA) were granted to two COVID-19 vaccines in December 2020, health care workers and residents in long-term care facilities were granted first priority for the shots — and a federal partnership to...
by GV Team | Mar 17, 2021 | Coronavirus, Resources, Vaccinations
Press Release by CMS.gov Earlier today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is increasing the Medicare payment amount for administering the COVID-19 vaccine. Effective for COVID-19 vaccines administered on or after March 15, 2021,...
by GV Team | Mar 12, 2021 | Coronavirus, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health, Vaccinations
Blog by McKnights The astounding drop in COVID-19 cases among nursing home residents — fully 90% at last count — is attributable mainly to the vaccination campaign developed and coordinated by the federal government in record time last year, say industry advocates....
