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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has once again renewed the public health emergency (PHE) for the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Set to expire Oct. 23, the PHE is now set to expire Jan. 21, 2021 — one year after declaring a PHE for COVID-19 in the United States. The renewal has many implications, including […]
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Medicare policy waivers will stay effective for another 90 days. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar has extended the public health emergency (PHE) for COVID-19. Azar said in the July 23 declaration that the extension is necessary “as a result of the continued consequences of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.” The extension […]
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CMS wants to put a stronger spotlight on times when TJC and other AOs fail to find patient safety problems later discovered by CMS survey teams conducting performance checks referred to as validation surveys.
To do so, CMS has created a website that provides a graphic about the disparity rate of deficiencies found on validation surveys and then posts deficiency reports from hospitals it says have “recent substantial deficient practices.”