COVID-19 Resources

DC Region School & Community Resources

• Resource Link

• DC, MD and VA: School and Community Resources for Students and Families During COVID-19

• AAP Policy Statement: The Link Between School Attendance and Good Health

• AAP Policy Statement: Caring for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• AAP COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-entry

• Straight A’s: How Health Care Personnel Can Support School Attendance

• Flamboyan Foundation: REAL Family Engagement

• Flamboyan Foundation: Beginning of the Year Relationship Building Toolkit

• Children’s Law Center: DC Children and Families COVID-19 Resources and Hotlines

• Children’s National: Parent Navigator Advocacy Letter Template

• DC AAP: Compilation of COVID-19 Resource Materials

• Essential Skills for Struggling Learners: A Framework for Student Support Teams by Eric Von Hahn, MD

Parent & Caregiver Resources

• Referring Patients to Children’s National Hospital Walk Up/Drive Up Testing

• DC Health Care Finance Telemedicine Guidance
• CMS Expanded Telehealth Benefits for Medicare Beneficiaries During COVID-19 Outbreak Fact Sheet and Frequently Asked Questions
• Medicaid State Plan Fee-for-Service Payments for Services Delivered Via Telehealth 
• General Medicaid Telehealth Guidance

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

• Coverage and Benefits Related to COVID-19 Medicaid and CHIP
• Medicaid & CHIP COVID-19 FAQs – Updated 3.18.20
• COVID-19 Stakeholder Call Recording/Transcripts
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Partner Toolkit
• COVID-19 Elective Surgeries and Non-Essential Procedures Recommendations
• How Can Medicaid Enhance State Capacity to Respond to COVID-19?

USDA Food & Nutrition Service

• FNS Program Guidance on Human Pandemic Response

American Academy of Pediatrics

• COVID-19 Clinical Guidance Q&A
• AAP News coverage
• Red Book Online 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infections
• Preparedness Checklist for Pediatric Practices
• CDC updates guidance on PPE for health care personnel
• Critical Updates on COVID-19
• Fighting Racism and Discrimination in the Wake of Coronavirus
• COVID-19 Talking Points for Media Relations (AAP Member Log In Required)
• Responding to Coronavirus in Pediatric Practice- A Message from AAP President Dr. Sally Goza

Webinars

• COVID-19 Pandemic – Clinical Guidance for Pediatric Practices recorded webinar by Dr. Ann-Christine Nyquist
• Talking to and Supporting Children During a Pandemic recorded webinar by Dr. David Schonfeld
• Disaster Management for the Pediatrician in the COVID-19 Response recorded webinar by Dr. Joelle N. Simpson
• Preserving Mental Health During the Global Coronavirus Pandemic, April 14 @ Noon, hosted by EGHI Global Health Forum

From California Chapter 1, American Academy of Pediatrics

• Talkshow: COVID-19 Overview & Update video by Dr. Dean Blumberg and Dr. Lena van der List

From the Palm Beach County Medical Society

• COVID-19: the Facts video by Dr. Larry Bush

From Anytime Pediatrics

• Pediatric Community Response to COVID-19 Using Virtual Care recorded webinar by Drs. Mobeen Rathore, Susan Sirota, and Mick Connors
• Pediatricians Lead Community Response to COVID-19 Using Virtual Care 2.0 recorded webinar by Drs. Mobeen Rathore, Susan Sirota, Barton Schmitt, and Mick Connors

Webinar: From Pediatric Management Institute – The Business Impact Of COVID-19 On Pediatric Practices
This recorded webinar by PMI’s Paulie Vanchiere and PCC’s Chip Hart discusses financial and operational issues Pediatric practices are facing as COVID-19 continues to evolve and provides tangible action items every Pediatric practice needs to consider over the coming days, weeks, and months.

Webinar: The Business Impact Of COVID-19 On Pediatric Practices – Part 2
Thursday March 26, 2020 – 7:00PM ET
Join PMI’s Paulie Vanchiere, PCC’s Chip Hart, and special guests who will focus on Human Resource issues as related to staff and providers, and follow up on key items discussed in the last webinar. Click here to register.

From HIPPO Education

• HIPPO COVID-19 resource hub

Coronavirus CME Course Available Online
The FMA has teamed up with AKH, Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare to offer a new online CME course, Identification and Containment of the Coronavirus: COVID-19. This text-based course reviews the current data on emerging coronavirus, and highlights best practices for identification and management of patients exposed to coronavirus.

Does your office have an infection control/emergency preparedness plan?
All medical offices should have infection control and emergency preparedness plans. Review these recommendations from The Doctors Company on how to proceed if a patient with suspected COVID-19 seeks care in your office.

Webinar: Preparing for COVID-19 – Infection Control for Outpatient Settings
This on demand training from Layer Compliance™ by Caek covers the infection control policies and procedures that Infection Control Officers/Coordinators should review to minimize the risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Register here.

What should private offices do now with febrile kids with a cough?
Dr. Mobeen Rathore, Wolfson Children’s Hospital’s Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, recommends considering several strategies:
1. Triage by phone at time of scheduling is most important
2. Ask patients to wait in their vehicle until time to be seen
3. Telemedicine
4.  Schedule sick visits in the afternoon or end of the day

From Headspace
Headspace is offering all US healthcare professionals, who work in public health settings, free access to their Headspace, Plus meditation platform through 2020. Click here to subscribe.