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CMS NEWS ALERT
May 6, 2020
The Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released an Interim Final
Rule with Comment Period (IFC) building on the agency’s efforts to give the
American healthcare system maximum flexibility to respond to the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Below is a summary of
resources and information available on the rule. View the full rule here.
For more information
on the White House Task Force response to COVID-19, visit www.coronavirus.gov.
Additional information specific to CMS is available at the CMS
News Room and Current
Emergencies Website.
Press Release:
Trump Administration Issues Second Round of Sweeping Changes to Support
U.S. Healthcare System During COVID-19 Pandemic
The IFC outlines
actions CMS is taking to ensure states and localities have the
flexibilities they need to ramp up diagnostic testing and access to medical
care, key precursors to ensuring a phased, safe, and gradual reopening of
America. Read the press
release and fact
sheet for more details.
Fact Sheets
CMS has updated
multiple fact sheets that summarize changes made through regulatory actions
in response to COVID-19. View more resources available on CMS waivers and
flexibilities here.
A full list of
emergency declaration blanket waivers for health care providers implemented
to date is available here.
Additional fact sheets include:
- Hospitals and Facilities:
Laboratory and
Testing and Resources
CMS is committed to
taking critical steps to ensure America’s clinical laboratories can respond
to the threat of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses to ensure patient
health and safety.
CMS Hospitals
without Walls Initiative
CMS is allowing
healthcare systems and hospitals to provide services in locations beyond
their existing walls to help address the urgent need to expand care
capacity and to develop sites dedicated to COVID-19 treatment.
Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQs)
Several changes in
the IFC allow additional Medicare payment; CMS has issued FAQs addressing
Medicare Fee-for-Service Billing issues.
Additional
Resources for Stakeholders
CMS has developed
a toolkit
for stakeholder partners to help you stay informed on CMS and HHS
materials available on COVID-19. Check back often for the most up-to-date
information; please refresh your browser often to see the most up-to-date
information.
Upcoming
COVID-19 Stakeholder Calls
Conference lines are
limited, so we highly encourage you to join via audio webcast, either on
your computer or smartphone web browser. You are welcome to share this
invitation with your colleagues and membership.
To listen to the
audio files and read the transcripts for the COVID-19 Stakeholder calls,
visit the Podcast and Transcripts page.
CMS COVID-19
Office Hours Call - Thursday, May 7th at 5:00 – 6:00 PM Eastern
Audio Webcast
link: https://protect2.fireeye.com/url?k=2ccba159-709ea889-2ccb9066-0cc47a6a52de-80625c0cb20a4e86&u=https://engage.vevent.com/rt/cms2/index.jsp?seid=2097
Toll Free Attendee
Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 1181167
Lessons from the
Front Lines - Friday, May 8th at 12:30 – 2:00 PM Eastern
Web Link: https://protect2.fireeye.com/url?k=0ffb90f8-53ae99eb-0ffba1c7-0cc47adb5650-044bb37a61085446&u=https://engage.vevent.com/rt/cms2/index.jsp?seid=2039
Toll Free Attendee
Dial-In: 877-251-0301; Access Code: 9146779
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