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CMS Announces New Acute Hospital Care At Home Program and Additional Flexibility in the Hospitals Without Walls Program

On Wednesday, November 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its new Acute Hospital at Home program and additional regulatory flexibility in its Hospitals Without Walls program. The Acute Hospital Care at Home program is for beneficiaries who require acute inpatient admission to a hospital and who require at a minimum daily … Continue reading

COVID-19 Update: CMS Issues Wide Ranging Blanket Waivers to Assist Providers

By Thomas Dowdell (US), Mark Faccenda (US), Jeff Wurzburg (US), Joseph Keillor (US) and Hayley White (US) on March 31, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, General, Regulatory

On Monday, March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued wide ranging blanket waivers and published an interim final rule intended to “equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility” to respond to COVID-19. The waivers will remain in effect until the end of the emergency declaration. CMS issued a summary … Continue reading