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Earlier this afternoon UAB students, faculty, and staff received the following information from UAB & UAB Medicine.

UAB students, faculty and staff,

Starting May 10, many members of the UAB community will no longer be required to complete a daily Healthcheck to access campus. However, in part to comply with a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirement, students, faculty and staff who are considered health care personnel or have a touchpoint in a clinical building or setting will be required to complete Healthcheck daily until further notice.

Please read all of the following information carefully to determine what you should do.

Who will no longer be required to complete Healthcheck starting May 10?
Starting May 10, UAB students, faculty and staff who are not considered health care personnel and do not work in or visit UAB clinical buildings or settings will no longer be required to complete Healthcheck.

In the event you experience a COVID symptom or exposure after discontinuing daily Healthcheck:

• Students: Access the COVID Screening Survey through your Student Health Services Patient Portal.
• Employees: Visit the Healthcheck page on the UAB United website to be directed to the Employee Exposure Notification Form through UAB Employee Health.

All individuals should continue to complete a daily Healthcheck through May 9. To stop Healthcheck text message reminders, simply respond STOP to your Healthcheck text on May 10 or do not respond to Healthcheck for six days. Before you stop Healthcheck, please confirm that you do not fit into a category listed below.

Who needs to complete daily Healthcheck?
CMS requires that all UAB Medicine employees, health care personnel and others — including trainees and students — with a clinical touchpoint be screened prior to their shift. It is quick and easy to comply using UAB Healthcheck, which allows you to simply reply “YES” or “NO” to a daily text message. A completed Healthcheck generates a digital “passport”; employees and students should be prepared to display this passport upon request by a health screener to enter clinical buildings. Please enroll in Healthcheck if you have not already done so.

The following groups are required to complete Healthcheck seven days a week:

• All Workgroup C employees
• Health Services Foundation (HSF) employees
• Health System employees
• School of Dentistry: students, faculty and staff
• School of Medicine: students, faculty and staff
• School of Optometry: students, faculty and staff
• Students or employees of other units, schools, colleges — including Joint Health Sciences — working in or entering clinical facilities on a regular basis, including but not limited to:
  • School of Education: Students and faculty working in the Community Counseling Clinic
  • School of Health Professions: Students, faculty and staff who work in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physician Assistant programs
  • School of Nursing: Clinical students, faculty and staff
  • Faculty members who use medical equipment (e.g., MRI) in a clinic

This requirement is effective now, and compliance of those required to complete Healthcheck will be monitored and enforced. To complete Healthcheck and/or register for or reactivate Healthcheck text messages, click here and enter your cellphone number.

Students, faculty and staff required to complete Healthcheck will receive additional communications with context and guidance from their respective schools or units. Please pay close attention to UAB and UABMC emails for important information. If you have questions, please consult with your program, school, college or unit.

Until further notice, visitors to UAB Hospital and clinics will be screened upon arrival. University guests must follow UAB visitor policies and complete the visitor Healthcheck.

Thank you, and please continue to take care of yourself and each other.

#UABUnited
Ray Watts, President
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Reid Jones, CEO
UAB Medicine