News in brief CMS to provide Hurricane Helene public health emergency accelerated and advance payments to Medicare providers Payments will provide health care providers in affected areas with immediate access to necessary funds to continue delivering critical care. Oct. 21, 2024MondayOctober 2024 issue AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced accelerated and advance payments to Medicare providers in response to the public health emergencies caused by recent hurricanes. This move will ensure that health care providers in affected areas will have immediate access to necessary funds to continue delivering critical care. Learn more about eligibility and the application process on the AOA’s website. Related reading: DOs impacted by recent natural disasters can apply for disaster relief grants from AOF Disaster readiness: Doctors can register their credentials with national platform More in Profession Past Physician to the US President will be NBOME’s next president and CEO Kevin O’Connor, DO, who served as Physician to the President for former President Joe Biden, brings three decades of leadership experience in many high-profile settings to the role. DO becomes OSU team physician, ophthalmologist marks 50th mission trip, CORK research conference headed to California Jesse Shaw, DO, is a new team physician for OSU Athletics, Ralph Crew, DO, completed his 50th humanitarian trip and CORK 2026 will bring OMM to the Golden State. Previous articleOlympic water polo team physician shares insights on taking care of elite athletes Next articleWhy we are advocating for residency unions and access to opioid reversal drugs
Past Physician to the US President will be NBOME’s next president and CEO Kevin O’Connor, DO, who served as Physician to the President for former President Joe Biden, brings three decades of leadership experience in many high-profile settings to the role.
DO becomes OSU team physician, ophthalmologist marks 50th mission trip, CORK research conference headed to California Jesse Shaw, DO, is a new team physician for OSU Athletics, Ralph Crew, DO, completed his 50th humanitarian trip and CORK 2026 will bring OMM to the Golden State.