Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
ASPR-TRACIE Addresses Hurricane Season
The feds offer new advice and insight in the wake of the California earthquakes and the impending hurricane season. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response the Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (ASPR-TRACIE), which offers a plethora of technical help and medical information before, during, and after disasters, updated its online resources. In addition to its extensive disaster resource library and technical aids, ASPR-TRACIE has updated its files with the “Major Earthquakes & Cascading Events: Potential Health and Medical Implications” brief. Some of the hot topics include breaking down immediate, short-term, and long-term concerns, public health management, emergencies, disease, and more. Health IT is of particular focus for the agency as it relates to patient tracking, reunification, and safety. In preparation for the 2019 hurricane season, ASPR-TRACIE and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are offering a webinar on planning, communication, and health risk associated with hurricanes. You can review both the earthquake and hurricane advice as well as other useful technical tools to deal with emergency and disaster situations at https://asprtracie.hhs.gov.
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