Home Health & Hospice Week
COVID-19 PHE Extended At Least Through January
As expected, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has extended the COVID-19 public health emergency for the eleventh time effective Oct. 13. The latest extension will last 90 days. “This is very welcome news,” says National Association for Home Care & Hospice President William Dombi. “We hope that CMS and the Congress can reach conclusion on which waivers should be made permanent over the coming months. We have learned a lot about valuable policy reforms during the pandemic, including telehealth and avoidable administrative burdens,” Dombi says in a statement. “A declaration of a PHE permits, among other things, emergency use authorization of vaccines, the access to funding to address the emergency, and deployment of military trauma care providers,” NAHC notes.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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COVID-19 PHE Extended At Least Through January
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