McKnight's May 9, 2022
Despite a spate of high-profile cases among the “DC elite” in recent weeks, the federal government seems eager to turn the page on COVID-19.
Anthony Fauci, M.D. recently announced that we are no longer in a “pandemic phase” of the disease and most observers expect the recent extension of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) to be the final 90-day renewal. If this is indeed the case, the federal PHE will end on July 15, and the many telehealth waivers that are tied to it will end 151 days thereafter, per the recently-passed 2022 budget.
Several states have already begun rescinding their own PHEs, and in a memo dated April 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services declined...