Memo 3: Mgen, COVID-19 & Monkeypox

Key Points

Mgen

• Testing and treatment for Mgen is in CA’s Family Pact Benefits now

  • https://files.medi-cal.ca.gov/pubsdoco/Publications/masters-MTP/FPACT/benfamrel.pdf

  • Mgen on Page 13: “This test is intended for use as a diagnostic test for recurrent urethritis, cervicitis, and in some cases of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). CPT code 87563 is not a covered benefit when used and billed as a screening test in asymptomatic persons.”

Monkeypox

• UK is giving vaccines for monkeypox to MSM and planning on distributing them wider as well

• Confirmed case of monkeypox in New Jersey

• WHO removed the distinction between endemic and non-endemic nations to reflect a "unified response.”

• New report (June 17th) from WHO: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON393

COVID-19

• Rollout for COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 through the CA Vaccines for Children Program

Sources

• https://files.medi-cal.ca.gov/pubsdoco/Publications/masters-MTP/FPACT/benfamrel.pdf

• https://hudsonreporter.com/2022/06/20/first-case-of-monkeypox-in-new-jersey-confirmed-in-jersey-city/

• https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/06/who-focuses-less-endemicity-global-monkeypox-cases-top-2500

• https://eziz.org/vfc/

• https://www.kcra.com/article/california-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-children-under-5/40354350#