Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Resources for CMS members
MOST RECENT
- COVID-19 FAQ
- President’s Letter: Rising to the challenge
- New paid leave laws in the wake of COVID-19
- CMS working for you: Order PPE supplies to protect your practices
- Colorado Medical Society supports AMA’s #MaskUp campaign
- CMS President releases statement in support of Gov. Jared Polis’s statewide mask order
- CMS working for you: Ordering and distributing personal protective equipment when you needed it
- HHS to distribute provider relief funds for physicians who previously did not receive aid
- Final Word: Public health and COVID-19
- Interrupted session: The coronavirus pandemic upends 2020 legislature
COVID-19 Resources
- COVID-19 Care protocols & guidance
- COVID-19 General
- COVID-19 Workforce issues
- COVID-19 Testing
- COVID-19 PPE/supplies
- COVID-19 Telehealth
- COVID-19 Financial support
- COVID-19 Physician Wellness
- COVID-19 Payer Issues
Colorado COVID-19 Tracker
Discussion forum
Town Hall Webinars
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May 20, 2020 Town Hall
(56 min) -
May 6, 2020 Town Hall
(59 min) -
April 22, 2020 Town Hall
(1 hr 03 min) -
April 15, 2020 Town Hall
(1 hr 07 min) -
April 7, 2020 Town Hall
(1 hr 04 min) | View slides -
April 1, 2020 Town Hall
(1 hr 02 min) -
March 25, 2020 Town Hall
(1 hr 29 min) -
March 18, 2020 Town Hall
(1 hr 35 min)
Virtual Grand Rounds
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Putting Your Patient at the Center of Care: Serious Illness Conversations and Symptom Management in a Time of COVID-19
July 28, 2020 (1 hr 35 min) -
COVID-19 Treatments
June 10, 2020 (1 hr 31 min) -
Safe office practices post-COVID-19
May 13, 2020 (1 hr 34 min) -
COVID-19 Testing
April 29, 2020 (1 hr 29 min) -
Colorado Crisis Standards of Care
April 13, 2020 (1 hr 35 min)
CDPHE Contact Information
For local public health agencies and healthcare providers only:
- From Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., please call 303-692-2700.
- For after-hours, holidays, and weekends, please call 303-370-9395.
For general questions about COVID-19:
- Call CO-HELP at 303-389-1687 or 1-877-462-2911.
- You can also email COHELP@RMPDC.org for answers in English.
New paid leave laws in the wake of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a number of changes at both the federal and state levels related to paid leave for employees. To help Colorado physicians navigate the changes, the Colorado Medical Society produced a primer that provides a general overview of the new paid sick leave landscape for Colorado health care workers.
In short, there are three types of paid sick leave.
COVID-19 sick leave
- Effective: 2020 (through Dec. 31, 2020)
- Laws: The federal FFCRA's EPSLA as broadened by the Colordao HFWA
- Applicability: The federal law excludes "health care providers" (defined very broadly), but the Colorado HFWA broadens the applicability of the EPSLA and essentially makes it apply to all Colorado employers and employees.
- Leave: 80 hours
Sick leave for future public health emergencies
- Effective: 2021 and beyond
- Laws: The Colordao HFWA
- Applicability: All Colorado employers
- Leave: 80 hours
Regular sick leave
- Effective: 2021 and beyond
- Laws: The Colordao HFWA
- Applicability: In 2021, only Colorado employers with 16 or more employees. Starting in 2022, all Colorado employers.
- Leave: Employees can accrue 48 hours per year.