Lexology March 13, 2023
On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced that it intends to allow the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (collectively, “PHE”) to expire effective on May 11, 2023. The termination of the PHE will have significant repercussions across the health care industry.
During the PHE, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG), implemented a number of waivers and flexibilities to account for the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among other things, these emergency policies affected myriad federal health care program requirements, including telehealth requirements, physician supervision rules, provider and supplier enrollment requirements, Medicare Conditions of Participation, COVID-19 vaccine and...