CMS COVID-19
Updates: Video on telehealth; additional Medicaid waivers; and Ambulatory
Surgical Center guidance.
New
Video Available on Medicare Coverage and Payment of Virtual Services
CMS
released a video providing answers to common questions about the Medicare
telehealth services benefit. CMS is expanding this benefit on a temporary
and emergency basis under the 1135 waiver authority and Coronavirus
Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriation
CMS
Approves Additional State Medicaid Waivers and Amendments to Give States
Flexibility to Address Coronavirus Pandemic
CMS
approved its 45th Medicaid waiver to the District of Columbia, delivering
urgent regulatory relief to ensure the District can quickly and effectively
care for their most vulnerable citizens. In light of the urgent and
evolving needs of states during the COVID-19 crisis, CMS developed a toolkit to
facilitate expedited application and approval of State waivers requests
in record time. The waivers support President Trump’s commitment to
a COVID-19 response that is locally executed, state managed, and
federally supported.
CMS
also approved an additional state waiver amendment request for Oklahoma
to give emergency flexibilities in their programs that care for the
elderly and people with disabilities, bringing the total to 18 approvals
across 16 states.
Guidance for Processing
Attestations from Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs)
Temporarily
Enrolling as Hospitals during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
CMS
is providing needed flexibility to hospitals to ensure they have the
ability to expand capacity and to treat patients during the COVID-19
public health emergency. As part of the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for
Health Care Providers CMS is allowing Medicare-enrolled
ASCs to temporarily enroll as hospitals and to provide hospital services
to help address the urgent need to increase hospital capacity to take
care of patients.
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