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Home Health & Hospice Week
2017 Newsletter
Compliance: Consult These Emergency Preparedness Resources
Home Health & Hospice Week
Compliance:
Consult These Emergency Preparedness Resources
Published on Fri Sep 01, 2017
Home care providers affected by Hurricane Harvey can refer to these resources to see what relief they can get under the Public Health Emergency declared by the Department of Health & Human Services: Emergency-Related Policies & Procedures Implemented With A 1135 Waiver:
www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/Emergency/Downloads/MedicareFFS-EmergencyQsAs1135Waiver.pdf
Emergency-Related Policies & Procedures Implemented Without A 1135 Waiver:
www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/Emergency/Downloads/Consolidated_Medicare_FFS_Emergency_QsAs.pdf
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...]
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