On March 22, CMS announced that for providers participating in quality reporting programs the agency is granting extensions on reporting deadlines and allowing the omission of certain time periods for most program reporting. CMS released a programmatic chart explaining the
On March 22, 2020, the FDA released guidance describing an enforcement policy that will help increase the availability of ventilators and accessories, as well as other respiratory devices, during the COVID-19 pandemic. FDA’s guidance would permit “limited modifications to the
The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act provides the Secretary of HHS authority to issue a declaration providing immunity to certain individuals and entities during a public health emergency. On March 17, 2020, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human
The Phase Three Senate Republican stimulus legislation released Sunday afternoon (March 22), H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), would provide aid for small businesses, industries and families impacted by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, including
On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance to all Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Organizations (POs) on policies and standard practices to follow in regards to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, the Trump administration announced that it will immediately expand access to telehealth services for all Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 outbreak. In coordination with this announcement, the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of
Following President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on March 13, 2020, CMS approved the first Section 1135 waiver related to Medicaid on Monday. The State of Florida received permission to eliminate the limits on instances of care furnished and
On Wednesday the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that “In the days and weeks ahead, we expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths and the number of
On Sunday, March 8, 2020, the known cases of coronavirus in the United States surpassed 500. Cases have been identified in more than 30 states and the District of Columbia. Worldwide there are 109,835 confirmed cases, resulting in 3,803