On January 28, 2021, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act” which, among other things, ordered a special enrollment period (SEP) for the federal Health Insurance...more
On October 14, 2020, CMS added eleven (11) new services to its Medicare telehealth list that are payable during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). This latest expansion of telehealth services is the first to use the...more
10/22/2020
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On Friday, August 7, 2020, HHS issued a press release detailing the next CARES Act-authorized Provider Relief Fund (PRF) distribution for nursing homes. The PRF distribution will total approximately $5 billion. Unlike...more
Last week CMS issued a new round of regulatory waivers and rule changes in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, including its Interim Final Rule with comment period, CMS-5531-IFC. The key changes relax certain...more
5/8/2020
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Waivers
On March 13, 2020, President Trump declared the COVID-19 virus a national emergency. Section 1135 of the Social Security Act allows CMS to waive certain regulatory requirements during national emergencies...more