Instructions to Medicare Administration Contractor (MAC) on COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Medicare-Dependent, Small Rural Hospitals and Sole Community Hospitals
The Administration is taking aggressive actions and exercising regulatory flexibilities to help healthcare providers contain the spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) with the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers. CMS is empowered to take proactive steps through 1135 waivers and rapidly expand the Administration’s aggressive efforts against COVID-19, including through the following blanket waivers. A summary of the blanket waivers can be found at https://www.cms.gov/files/document/summary-covid-19-emergency-declaration-waivers.pdf.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: December 23, 2020
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