Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Physicians can request to receive COVID-19 alerts from the State of Illinois Rapid Electronic Notification System (SIREN) by emailing dph.siren@illinois.gov.

The following resources are provided to assist physicians, practice staff and patients in keeping current on the latest COVID-19 information.

Resource links

General
• State of Illinois COVID-19 Response
• The COVID Tracking Project - National and State-level testing data
• ISMS Coronavirus FAQ: Updated 3/31/20
• Executive Order Providing Physician Immunity for COVID-19 Treatment
• Analysis of Illinois Executive Order Providing Liability Immunity
• Detailed Summary Illinois Executive Order Providing Liability Immunity
• Registration Portal for Medical Volunteers
• Guidance on Retired Physician Liability During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• ISMS' Telemedicine Tips - Guidance on Important Changes Regarding Telehealth
• Webinar: Telemedicine During COVID-19: Considerations for Keeping Your Patients Safe
• Multilingual Communication During a Pandemic: Tips for Healthcare Providers (from LanguageLink, an ISMS Member Benefit Partner)
• CMS Emergency Declaration Fact Sheet for Health Professionals
• Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Notices for Clinicians
• COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Homepage for COVID-19
• Guidance for Healthcare Professionals
• CDC Advisory on Using Non-Pharmaceutical Chloroquine Phosphate to Prevent and Treat COVID-19
• Checklist for Healthcare Facilities: Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators During the COVID-19 Response
• Resources for Clinicians and Healthcare Facilities
• Archived Clinician Outreach and Community Activity (COCA) Calls on COVID-19
• Travel Health Notices
• Guidance for Laboratories

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
• Homepage for COVID-19
• Information for Illinois Health Care Professionals and Facilitiess
• Recommended Guidance for Extended Use of N-95 Masks, Regular Masks, and PAPRs
• Daily COVID-19 Press Updates
• COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions 

COVID-19 Information from Insurers

• Aetna
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois
• Cigna
• Humana
• United Healthcare

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

• 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Medicare Provider Enrollment Relief Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Physicians and Other Clinicians: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19
• Telemedicine Fact Sheet
• Telemedicine FAQs

Medicaid

• Health and Family Services Notices for Health Professionals
• Telehealth Recommendations
• Meridian News Release - March 12, 2020 (Note that Centene is Meridian's parent company)

Other

• AMA Statement on Ordering, Prescribing or Dispensing COVID-19 Medications
• AMA CPT Reporting Guide for COVID-19 Testing
• AMA Special Coding Advice During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
• ISMS Retired Physician Volunteer Program
• ISMIE Alert: HHS relaxes HIPAA penalties for telehealth during COVID-19 outbreak

ISMS Advocates for Physicians on COVID-19

• ISMS Letter to Secretary Hagan Voicing Support from Medical Community
• ISMS Letter to Governor Pritzker 
• ISMS and IHA Urge Executive Action to Require All Health Insurers Cover Telemedicine Services
• ISMS Joins Illinois and National Health Organizations to Urge Congress to Help Doctors  Sustain Their Practices in "Stimulus" Legislation