COVID-19 Resources
In late 2019 an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The virus has been named “SARS-CoV-2” and the disease it causes has been named “coronavirus disease 2019” or COVID-19.
On March 9, 2020, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine declared a state of emergency and the state had its first known case. On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, acknowledging the virus will likely spread to all countries.
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH), in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is closely monitoring the disease. ODH updates its webpage daily to reflect the situation in Ohio with the number of confirmed cases, the number of counties with a case, the number of hospitalizations, and the number of deaths.
ODH Call Center 1-833-4-ASK-ODH (1-833-427-5634)
coronavirus.ohio.gov
Ohio Public Health Advisory System
ODH Provider Call Center 1-844-9ODHVAX (1-844-963-4829)
8:00 am-7:00 pm Monday - Friday
8:00am-5:00 pm Saturday, Sunday
COVIDVACCINE@odh.ohio.gov
Testing
CDC Return-to-Work Criteria (7-17-2020)
ODH Updated COVID-19 Testing Guidance (6-11-2020)
ODH COVID-19 Testing in Ohio Grid, Priorities 1-5 (6-3-2020)
ODH Health Alert: COVID-19 Updated Guidance for Testing (6-3-2020)
ODH Health Alert: Updated Guidance for Testing (4-1-2020)
Clinical Guidance
CDC Health Alert New SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern Identified: Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variant (12-1-2021)
ODH Health Alert COVID-19 Updated Guidance for Quarantine (12-7-2020)
ODH COVID-19 Guidance for Quarantine 12-4-2020
CDC When to Quarantine (12-2-2020)
ODH Health Alert COVID-19 Updated Guidance for Reporting (10-20-2020)
CDC COVID-19 Contact Tracing, Close Contacts (10-21-2020)
CDC How COVID-19 Spreads (10-5-2020)
ODH COVID-19 FAQs Face Shields (8-14-2020)
CDC Duration of Isolation & Precautions for Adults (9-10-2020)
ODH Health Alert: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with COVID-19 (5-15-2020)
CDC Health Advisory Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with COVID-19 (5-14-2020)
RestartOhio - Health Care Guide (5-1-2020)
ODH Healthcare Procedures & Hospitals COVID-19 Checklist (5-1-2020)
ODH Health Alert: COVID-19 Standardized Surveillance Case Definition and Reporting Update (4-8-2020)
ODH Amended Reporting Requirements for COVID-19 (4-8-2020)
ODH Checklist for Essential Versus Non-Essential Surgeries (4-8-2020)
ODH Guidance for Discontinuing Transmission-Based Precautions in COVID-19 Patients (4-7-2020)
ODH Criteria to Guide Evaluation and Laboratory Testing for COVID-19 at ODH Laboratory (4-1-2020)
ODH COVID-19 Guidance for Primary Care and Outpatient Providers (3-14-2020)
ODH Provider Guidance with Health Care Delivery Recommendations (3-11-2020)
Ohio Dermatological Association Provider Guidelines Addressing Elective/Non-Elective Procedures (3-18-2020)
ODH Letter to Primary Care, Pedatrics, OB-GYN (3-11-2020)
FDA Surgical Mask and Gown Conservation Strategies - Letter to Healthcare Providers (3-11-2020)
CMS Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations (3-18-2020)
OhioMHAS COVID-19 and Opioid Treatment Guidance (3-16-2020)
ODH Letter to Health Alert Network (2-25-2020)
CDC People who are at Higher Risk for Severe Illness (3-26-2020)
CDC Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
CDC Flowchart to Identify and Assess the Disease
CDC Evaluating and Reporting Persons Under Investigation (PUI)
CDC Healthcare Infection Control Guidelines
Telehealth
Governor's Executive Order 2020-29D (7-16-2020)
SMBO Telemedicine Guidance (3-18-2020)
SMBO Action on Telemedicine, Emergency Licensure and CME for Licensees (3-18-2020)
State of Ohio Services Reimbursed through Telehealth during a State of Emergency (3-20-2020)
State of Ohio Telehealth Rules during a State of Emergency (3-20-2020)
ODM Telehealth Rules: Frequently Asked Questions (3-20-2020)
CMS Medicare Telemedicine Health Care Provider Fact Sheet (3-17-2020)
CMS Medicaid Telehealth Guidance (3-18-2020)
Coding, Billing, Insurance, Licensure
CMS Frequently Asked Questions on Medicare Fee-for-Service Billing (5-27-2020)
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Video Guidance for Certification of COVID-19 Deaths (5-5-2020)
NCHS Updated COVID-19 Coding Rules (5-5-2020)
ODH Guidance for Reporting COVID-19 on Certificate of Death (3-30-2020)
SMBO Action on CME for Licensees (3-18-2020)
CMS Physicians and Other Clinicians: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 (3-30-2020)
CMS Accelerated and Advance Payment Program for Providers and Suppliers (3-28-2020)
Bricker & Eckler Survey Suspension FAQs (3-11-2020)
Bricker & Eckler Coronavirus Patient Privacy Implications (2-25-2020)
CDC ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines (2-20-2020)
State Orders, Rules
ODH Director’s Amended Order for Social Distancing, Facial Coverings and Non-Congregating (4-8-2021)
ODH Director's Order for Social Distancing, Facial Coverings, and Non-Congregating (4-5-2021)
ODH Director's Rescinding Various Orders (4-5-2021)
Director’s Amended Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing Homes (3-22-2021)
Director’s Amended Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Residential Care Facilities (3-22-2021)
Amended Director’s Order to Permit Access to Ohio’s Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (3-22-2021)
Director’s Seventh Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio’s Nursing Homes, with Exceptions (3-22-2021)
ODH Director's Revised Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings in the State of Ohio, with Exceptions (11-15-2020)
ODH Director's Order for Retail and Business Compliance for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio (11-13-2020)
ODH Director's Journal Entry for Second Amended Reporting Requirements for COVID-19 (10-20-2020)
ODH Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Residential Care Facilities (8-20-2020)
ODH Order that Provides Mandatory Requirements for Youth, Collegiate, Amateur, Club and Professional Sports (8-19-2020)
ODH Order for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio (7-23-2020)
Ohio Public Health Advisory System
ODH Order that Amends the Requirements for Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures (6-2-2020)
ODH Updated and Revised Order for Business Guidance and Social Distancing (5-29-2020)
ODH Order that Reopens Businesses, with Exceptions, and Continues a Stay Healthy and Safe at Home Order (4-30-2020)
ODH Order for Performing COVID-19 Testing (4-1-2020)
ODH Order to Require an Inventory of all Ventilators in Ohio (3-31-2020)
ODH Order to Stay at Home (3-22-2020)
State Pharmacy Board Emergency Rule for Dispensing Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine (3-22-2020)
ODI COVID-19 Testing and Treatment: Out-of-Network Coverage (3-20-2020)
ODM Teleheath Executive Order (3-19-2020)
ODH Amended Order to Limit/Prohibit Mass Gatherings and the Closure of Venues (3-17-2020)
ODH Order for the Management of Non-essential Surgeries and Procedures (3-17-2020)
ODH Order to Limit/Prohibit Mass Gatherings (3-12-2020)
Establishing a Temporary Pandemic Child Care License (3-17-2020)
Vaccines - Ohio Specific
ODH Vaccine Program Guidance for Vaccine Providers for Administering Booster Doses (3-30-2022)
ODH Vaccine Program Provider Guidance for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Ages 5-11 (11-2-2021)
Medicaid Managed Care Vax on the Spot provider site (11-1-2021)
ODH Fact Sheet COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses (10-22-2021)
ODH COVID-19 Vaccine Program Guidance for Vaccine Providers for Administering Booster Doses (9-24-2021)
ODH Provider Guidance: Health Equity Considerations Getting Vaccine to Ohio’s Most Vulnerable (7-9-2021)
COVID-19 Vaccine Program Guidance for Vaccine Providers Working with Employers (3-30-2021)
ODH Important Reminders to Vaccine Providers Regarding Expectations (3-8-2021)
ODH Guidance for Vaccine Providers for Phase 2 (3-1-2021)
ODH Guidance for Vaccine Providers for Phase 1C (3-1-2021)
ODH COVID-19 Fact Sheet Vaccine Appointment (2-4-2021)
ODH Ohio COVID-19 Vaccine Redistribution Guidance for Enrolled COVID-19 Vaccine Providers (1-13-2021)
ODH What Providers Need to Know: Phase 1B of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution (1-14-2021)
ODH COVID-19 Vaccination Update for Providers / Slides from Vaccine Enrolled Provider Webinar (1-11-2021)
ODH COVID-19 Data Reporting (ImpactSIIS, CSV, HL7 and TP/O) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (1-2-2021)
Ohio Medical Reserve Corps flyer (1-2021)
ODH COVID-19 Vaccine: Myths vs Facts (12-10-2020)
ODH Application to Become a COVID-19 Vaccination Provider
ODH Ohio COVID-19 Vaccination Program Enrollment Checklist
Vaccines - Moderna, Pfizer
ODH COVID-19 Vaccine Program Interim Provider Guidance for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Ages 5-11 (10-22-2021)
FDA Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet Update (6-25-2021)
FDA Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet Update (6-25-2021)
CDC Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine - Vaccine Preparation (3-30-2021)
CDC Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine - Storage and Handling Summary (3-3-2021)
ODH Guidance for Providers on COVID-19 Vaccine Second Doses (1-22-2021)
ODH Transporting Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to Off-site Mass Vaccination Clinics (12-30-2020)
FDA EUA Fact Sheet for Pfizer-BioNTech for Vaccination Providers (12-2020)
FDA EUA Fact Sheet for Moderna for Vaccination Providers (12-2020)
ODH Ultra-Cold Vaccine Planning Considerations (11-2020)
Vaccines - Janssen (Johnson & Johnson)
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Shelf Life Extended (3-9-2022)
FDA Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (3-1-2021)
FDA EUA Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers (2-27-2021)
EUA Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers (2-27-2021)
ODH Information for Vaccine Providers about Storage, Handling and Administration of Janssen Vaccine (3-1-2021)
ODH Letter to Vaccine Providers (2-26-2021)
Vaccines
Facts on Vax (5-2022)
CMS Vaccine Toolkit (12-2020)
CDC Vaccination Communication Toolkit for Medical Centers, Clinicians
PhRMA Glossary of Terms Pertaining to COVID-19 Therapeutics and Vaccines
STAT Drugs and Vaccines Tracker
Travel
CDC Travel during the COVID-19 Pandemic (8-26-2020)
ODH COVID-19 Travel Advisory (updated weekly)
ODH COVID-19 Guidance on Ohio Travel Protecting Against COVID-19 (7-28-2020)
Resource Pages
OOA Supplier for PPE (contact OOA office for discount code)
State Pharmacy Board of Ohio COVID-19 Response Efforts (4-17-2020)
Tool Kits, Other
ODH Posters and Signage (8-2020)
ODH Recommendations for Improving Building Ventilation Systems
to Reduce Risk of Airborne COVID-19 Transmission (7-1-2020)
ODH Prevention Flyer for Office (3-4-2020)
CMS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Partner Toolkit (3-18-2020)
ODH COVID-19 Resources for Local Health Districts and Providers
List of Ohio's 113 Local Health Districts
