Health Affairs March 25, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have already taken a series of steps to address the coronavirus crisis. However, CMS could do much more on its own to expand access to private health insurance. This post identifies a non-exhaustive list of actions that CMS could take now under the agency’s existing legal authority. Given that Congress has taken only limited steps to address coverage-related issues in its coronavirus packages so far, CMS should do much more to leverage its existing authority to protect consumers.
A Summary Of Federal Administrative Action To Date
On January 31, 2020, HHS Secretary Azar declared a nationwide public health emergency under Section 319 of the...
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