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CMS Proposes to Expand Telehealth Benefits Permanently for Medicare Beneficiaries Beyond the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Request for Comments: due no later than 5 p.m. on October 5, 2020 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been working to improve access to t...
Opportunity to comment on letter by a group of clinical providers working to promote policy changes that have the potential to improve capacity to treat hepatitis C in Opioid Treatment Programs in New York State.
The new CDC algorithm for testing and treating pregnant women for hepatitis B The PHBPP Perinatal Algorithm has been finalized and is now posted on the Division of Viral Hepatitis webpage. The link is below: https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hbv/perinatalxmtn.htm Here you will find...
In March 2020, the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommended one-time screening for hepatitis C in people aged 18-79. Simplified treatment guidance has been developed for hepatitis B and C.
Send an email to your New York City Council Member to ask them to refund the Viral Hepatitis Initiative in FY21!
Hep Free NYC is launching a capacity building initiative to support partners to implement hepatitis B and C telehealth services.
COVID-19 "Coronavirus" Community & NYC Hep Service Provider Resources
NYC Council established the Viral Hepatitis Initiative in 2014, to fund community organizations to provide hepatitis B and C prevention, linkage to care and care services.
The Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination, in partnership with Clinical Liver Disease (CLD), a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, is launching a new series to highlight efforts advancing hepatitis B and C elimination globally.
AIDS Institute Drug User Health Capacity Building Initiative in January 2020. All Article 28 facilities are eligible to apply. Applications are due December 18, 2019. For more information, agencies can call 518-474-3045. Completed applications can be submitted to Rob Curry at R...
This report presents an overview of the NYC Health Department’s 2018 surveillance and research data on hepatitis B and C in NYC, as well as the Health Department’s programmatic activities to address these epidemics.
The Viral Hepatitis Program acknowledges that community testing programs are in a unique position to identify people at risk for hepatitis C, to provide testing and linkage to care. The following information is provided to support efficient community testing for programs that use...
