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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

On March 23, 2020, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced the preliminary results of a recent survey of a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Washington. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) report, 81 residents, 34 staff and 14 visitors also became... READ MORE

On March 13, 2020, Secretary Azar of the Department of Health and Human Services (the “HHS”) issued a letter titled “Waiver or Modification of Requirements Under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act” (the “Azar Letter”) that grants the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (the “CMS”) the authority to issue waivers specific to... READ MORE