NYCU December 1, 2020 December 1, 2020 CMA, CMA Benefits, COVID-19, General, Infectious Disease, Influenza, Leadership, Practice Management, Public Health, Regulations, SDCMS 0 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020 PHYSICIANS: As coronavirus cases and hospitalization numbers surge across San Diego County, the State of California, and the nation, we encourage you to subscribe to the California Health Alert Network (CAHAN) for San Diego County if you haven't already done so. Please CLICK HERE. CAHAN Alerts will be increasingly important in the weeks ahead. We anticipate the Governor will soon issue a new Stay–At–Home order and we will continue to help keep you informed as new developments occur in what is likely to be a very challenging next month for all of us. There has been a good deal of confusion about testing children for coronavirus. San Diego County HHS is encouraging you to review their COVID–19 Symptom “Decision Trees” for testing children. There are different ones depending on age and circumstance. For childcare CLICK HERE, K—12 CLICK HERE, or for Institutes of Higher Education and Trade & Vocational Schools CLICK HERE. The original CAHAN Alert providing guidance on this issue can be found if you CLICK HERE. You might also find two upcoming webinars particularly useful. “Crisis Standards of Care and COVID–19: What's Working and What Isn't” is on Thursday, December 3rd at 9am Pacific and is sponsored by the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response's Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Information Gateway program. CLICK HERE for more information. Physicians for a Healthy California, the non–profit affiliated with the California Medical Association, is also sponsoring a webinar “Virtual Grand Rounds: The National COVID–19 Surge and Hope for 2021” which is a conversation with state leaders and members of President–elect Joe Biden's Coronavirus Task Force. CLICK HERE to register for Tuesday, December 8th from 12:00—1:30pm. On a happier note, a reminder that SDCMS wants to recognize San Diego County's most Outstanding Medical Office Manager / Practice Administrator, i.e., someone who goes above and beyond his or her job description, who anticipates problems before they arise, who works efficiently with the practice's time and resources, and who strikes the right balance between exercising control and boosting morale when supervising staff. SDCMS Member physicians can nominate their office managers by explaining in writing (up to 600 words) why their office manager is the BEST in San Diego County. Nominations will be accepted through Thursday, December 31st, 2020. The winner will receive a $200 gift card and recognition as San Diego County's Outstanding Medical Office Manager for 2020! Contest results will also be published in the February 2021 issue of San Diego Physician Magazine. Please email your nominations to Hanna.Basler@SDCMS.org. Remember, only submissions from physician members will be considered. As always, let me know if you have any questions! Paul Hegyi, CEO WHAT TO KNOW … Newsom Considers New Stay–at–Home Orders, Warns Hospitals Could be Overwhelmed by Christmas ‣ CLICK HERE California's COVID–19 Surge: ‘It's Brutal. It's Astoundingly Bad’ And About to Get Worse ‣ CLICK HERE California Urges Weekly COVID–19 Testing for Hospital Workers ‣ CLICK HERE How COVID–19 Highlights the Uncertainty of Medical Testing ‣ CLICK HERE California Will Receive 327,000 Doses of Coronavirus Vaccine by Mid–December. Who Gets Them? ‣ CLICK HERE If There Aren't Enough Vaccines for All Health Care Workers in California, Which Doctors, Nurses or Aides Will Get it First? ‣ CLICK HERE Thousands of Doctors’ Offices Buckle Under Financial Stress of COVID ‣ CLICK HERE WHAT TO DO … DEC 2, 2020: 10–11am, Webinar ‘Diabetes and COVID–19 in the Outpatient Setting: What Clinicians Need to Know’, 1 CME Credit, Sponsored by PCME and Rockpointe ‣ CLICK HERE DEC 3, 2020: 9am, Webinar ‘Crisis Standards of Care and COVID–19: What's Working and What's Not’, Sponsored by HHS ASPR Tracie Program ‣ CLICK HERE DEC 8, 2020: 8am–2pm, 2020 Southern California State of Reform Virtual Health Policy Conference, 20% Discount for SDCMS-CMA Members ‣ CLICK HERE DEC 8, 2020: 12–1:30pm, CMA Virtual Grand Rounds ‘The National COVID–19 Surge and Hope for 2021’, 1.5 CME Credits, Features State Leaders and Members of President–elect Joe Biden's Coronavirus Task Force, Welcome to Members and Non–Members, Sponsored in partnership with CA HHSA & Physicians for a Healthy California ‣ CLICK HERE DEC 9, 2020: 4–5pm, Webinar ‘Telemedicine in Asthma Management: What Clinicians Need to Know’, 1 CME Credit, Sponsored by the American Lung Association and Rockpointe ‣ CLICK HERE DEC 15, 2020: 10–11am, Webinar ‘Telemedicine in Asthma Management: What Clinicians Need to Know’, 1 CME Credit, Sponsored by the American Lung Association and Rockpointe ‣ CLICK HERE JUL 10, 2021: 6–9pm, 2nd Annual Champions for Health Soirée, Birch Aquarium, La Jolla ‣ CLICK HERE WHAT TO READ, LISTEN & WATCH … CMA in the Courts ‣ READ HERE ACEs Aware Webinar: Building Trauma–Informed Connections Via TeleHealth During COVID–19 ‣ WATCH HERE CMA Webinar: Telehealth Reimbursement and Privacy Laws: COVID–19 Emergency ‣ WATCH HERE CMA Webinar: Employment and Practice Staffing Issues: COVID–19 Emergency ‣ WATCH HERE Podcast ‘What the Health?’ Transition Troubles Mount as COVID Spreads ‣ LISTEN HERE Please Consider Supporting Our Advertisers … Thank You! 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