• Governor Hogan has announced a set of new public emergency orders that:
• authorize the use of FDA-approve at-home testing
• require hospitals to implement prioritization algorithms for curtailing elective and non-urgent procedures
• provide guidance on patient transfers to alternate care sites
• eliminates hospital visitation (with exceptions)
• provide updated testing guidance
• requires regular testing of nursing home staff
• requires negative COVID-19 test prior to nursing home visits

• The AMA has released vaccine-specific CPT codes for coronavirus immunizations.

• Check out this week's MedChi News, our digital newsletter for MedChi members.

• Register here for today's Maryland Department of Health all-physician call at 5:00 pm. Please note that there will NOT be a call held next week.

• Join BCMA and BCMA today, November 18, at 6:00 pm for a lecture on COVID-19 vaccine development.

• Baltimore City Medical Society will host "COVID and the Creation of a Field Hospital at the Baltimore Convention Center: An Ongoing Experience" on December 1 at 6:00 pm.

• MedChi will host Addiction Treatment in the Time of COVID-19 on December 7 at 5:00 pm.

• MedChi is partnering with the Maryland Department of Health's Behavioral Health Administration to present a series of CME webinars designed to support health care professionals:
• December 3: Coping with Loss and Stress
• December 17: The Impact of Racial Trauma on Providers
• January 14: The Approach to Impaired Clinicians
• January 28: Vicarious Stress and Self Care for Health Care Workers
• February 11: Balancing Work and Parenting

• Dr. Anthony Fauci offered his 2021 forecast in an exclusive interview with the AMA.