On June 25, 2020, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to make permanent all the flexibilities concerning the use of technology and telecommunications systems introduced for home health...more
CMS recently issued its second round of changes to the Medicare regulations in response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). CMS published its first interim final rule with comment period addressing the PHE in the...more
The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, which was enacted on March 6, 2020, allows the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to waive certain...more
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