Skilled Nursing News March 31, 2020
About a month after COVID-19 first arrived on America’s radar, the federal government continues to tear down the dense web of regulations surrounding all aspects of the health care continuum in an attempt to fight back against the coronavirus pandemic.
As health care providers and officials look to prevent all non-emergency visits to nursing homes, telehealth has formed a key pillar of the regulatory relief efforts in the post-acute and long-term care space. Rules previously considered sacrosanct — from HIPAA requirements that prevented clinicians from providing services over consumer apps like Skype and FaceTime, to the need for in-person consultations before telehealth could be be used as a replacement — disappeared overnight.
Just this week, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
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