More than four months into the COVID-19 lockdown, we’re seeing some states gradually open up and others frantically put restrictions back in place because of new surges in coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, healthcare conferences of all kinds have been cancelled or postponed, or in some cases, turned...
Now that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar has again renewed the official declaration of a public health emergency (PHE) related to the 2019 novel coronavirus, hospitals and other providers can continue to take advantage of CMS blanket 1135 waivers.
Here are areas where your facility can work to ease patients’ safety concerns during the pandemic. They come from Colleen McCrory, MBA, FACHE, a coach in Huron’s Studer Group advisory firm with 19 years of experience in healthcare...
Physicians and other healthcare providers will now be paid to counsel patients about the importance of self-isolation after testing for COVID-19, even before test results are known, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced...
