1/15/21 MDPH School Health Unit Update: Influenza Vaccine
IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR SCHOOL NURSES RE INFLUENZA VACCINE REQUIREMENT Greetings from the School Health Unit; The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is removing the requirement for flu vaccination for attendance in childcare/preschool, primary, secondary and postsecondary education. Preliminary data show that this has been a mild flu season to date, presumably as people have received […]
School Health Services Update: January 18th, 2019
Dear Colleagues, With an impending snow storm looming for the coming weekend, I hope you – and all the children you serve – find yourselves in a warm, dry and safe home. We look forward to seeing many of our at the regional meetings in the west, southeast and northeast next week! Several issues have […]
Ordering and Referring Requirement
Are you familiar with ordering and referring requirements? Under state law (which was required under the ACA), providers authorized to order, refer, or prescribe must register with MassHealth at least as a nonbilling provider. There’s been a series of bulletins, the most recent of which was posted online today here. The School-Based Medicaid Program is NOT […]
January 30, 2018
Dear Colleagues, We continue to get calls requesting information for schools, parents and students pertaining to the current influenza epidemic. To supplement to what was shared in last week’s email , links to additional information from the CDC are included here: MDPH Information for Schools: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/information-for-school-and-childcare-professionals CDC Information for Schools: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/school/qa.htm CDC Information on How to […]