When COVID-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE), the Secretary of HHS was authorized to waive or modify certain Medicare, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, HIPAA, and EMTALA requirements. Many...more
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On April 1, 2021, CMS announced that it began recovering COVID-19 Accelerated and Advance Payments (CAAPs) from Medicare providers and suppliers as early as March 30, 2021. Repayments begin one year from the date CMS...more
Medicare beneficiaries will not have to pay out-of-pocket costs for coverage of monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 during the public health emergency, CMS announced on November 10, 2020. The agency’s coverage will apply...more