Employment Law Report

From April 29, 2020 through May 6, 2020, CMS continued to update its multiple fact sheets that summarize changes it has made to give more flexibility to providers in response to COVID-19. The updated Fact Sheets include the following:

• Clinicians:
  • Physicians and Other Practitioners

• Hospitals and Facilities:
  • Hospitals
  • Teaching Hospitals, Teaching Physicians and Medical Residents
  • Long Term Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities and/or Nursing Facilities)
  • Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
  • Long Term Care Hospitals & Extended Neoplastic Disease Care Hospitals
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
  • End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities

• Service providers:
  • Home Health Agencies
  • Hospices
  • Durable Medical Equipment
  • Laboratories
  • Ambulances

• Other CMS Programs:
  • Medicare Advantage and Part D Plans
  • Medicaid & Basic Health Programs
  • Medicare Shared Savings Program Participants
  • Participants in the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program

CMS has been continually updating its broad waivers. For the latest version, check the CMS Coronavirus Waivers & Flexibilities webpage.