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On May 1, 2023, the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group at CMS issued a memorandum entitled “Guidance for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)” (the “CMS Memo”) which announced that certain regulations or other policies included in the Interim Final Rules during the public health emergency (“PHE”) will be modified with the... READ MORE

The Biden Administration recently announced that the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”) will end on May 11, 2023. All current waivers that have not already been extended by Congress beyond the PHE (e.g., telehealth and Hospital at Home) will terminate along with the PHE. This includes the Stark Law blanket waivers related to COVID-19... READ MORE

On April 8, 2021, the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a memorandum entitled “Updates to Long-Term Care (LTC) Emergency Regulatory Waivers Issued in Response to COVID-19” (“Blanket Waiver Update Memo”) that announced the termination of several blanket waivers for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) related to resident... READ MORE

Tuesday, May 12 Recap Note – ​We believe this is the most up-to-date information available at this time, but it is subject to change ​as circumstances warrant. Also, all finalized resources can be found ​on the COVID-19 ​Resource ​Center page ​of Hall Render’s website.​ CMS Updates Medicare Blanket Waivers CMS provided new Medicare blanket waivers expanding... READ MORE