On Mar. 13, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an updated memorandum titled “Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes.”...more
Healthcare providers nationwide now have an additional tool to promote social distancing in patient care. On Mar. 17, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed that practitioners nationwide may conduct...more
Under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is authorized to temporarily waive or modify certain Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance...more