Home Health & Hospice Week
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CMS Responds To Hurricane Laura
Published on Fri Sep 04, 2020
Public Health Emergency waivers in Texas and Louisiana for Hurricane Laura don’t look much different from the COVID-19 waivers already in place. On Aug. 26, 2020, HHS Secretary Alex Azar declared PHEs retroactive to Aug. 22 for Louisiana and to Aug. 23 for Texas, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services notes at www.cms.gov/about-cms/emergency-preparedness-response-operations/current-emergencies/current-non-covid-emergencies. CMS cites “waivers already available for health care providers to use during the COVID-19 PHE” on the webpage. CMS did prepare to make additional facility- and dialysis-related waivers, it notes.
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