On November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its final guidance for hospitals to clarify how CMS and state agency surveyors will evaluate space-sharing or contracted staff and service arrangements with other hospitals or healthcare
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COVID-19 Update: Highly-Impacted and Rural Hospital Distribution Imminent
By Jeff Wurzburg (US) on
On the evening of May 1, 2020, HHS announced that it will distribute an additional $22 billion in payments from the Provider Relief Fund to hospitals with high volumes of COVID-19 patients ($12 billion) and rural hospitals ($10 billion) in…
COVID-19 Update: CMS Issues Additional Waivers to Assist Providers
By Mark Faccenda (US) & Jeff Wurzburg (US) on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) temporarily suspended a number of rules to boost frontline medical staff at healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new waivers expand on the workforce flexibilities announced by CMS on March 30,…