Payers, providers and states likely have more time until COVID-19 health emergency ends

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) promised to give states a 60-day notice when the PHE will end, giving a vital heads-up for when a slew of regulatory flexibilities that have been in place for more than two years will go away. The current PHE will run until July 16, and HHS did not provide any notice that it won’t be extended again for another 90 days.

The decision to not give a 60-day notice comes after an intense lobbying effort from healthcare providers that...