State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS), in partnership with Manatt Health, Georgetown’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR), State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), Bailit Health, and GMMB developed this resource page to serve as an accessible “one-stop” source of COVID-19 information for states. This resource is designed to support states seeking to make coverage and essential services available to all of their residents, especially high risk and vulnerable people, during the COVID-19 pandemic. SHVS will update this page frequently with new resources as they become available.
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An analysis by Manatt Health on a CMS Informational Bulletin regarding Medicaid managed care options to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Medicaid providers. Most notably, the Bulletin highlights how, under certain conditions, states can use existing authority to require plans to make directed payments to providers to help them weather the financial impacts of the pandemic, including COVID-19 expenses and steep revenue declines.
CMS issued guidance for state and local governments regarding receiving reimbursement from CMS programs (Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP) for care provided at an alternate care site. CMS advises that the easiest path is for an already-enrolled hospital or health system to treat the ACS as a temporary expansion of their “brick-and-mortar” location. In these circumstances, the local hospitals and health systems operate, staff, and bill for care furnished at the ACS. The guidance also describes the ways in which state and local governments that want to develop or build a hospital ACS may be paid by CMS for furnishing covered hospital inpatient and outpatient services.
HHS announced $500 million in Provider Relief Fund awards to Indian Health Service (IHS) and tribal hospitals, clinics, and urban health centers. As part of the announcement, HHS released the methodology for calculating award amounts for HIS and Tribal Hospitals, Clinics and Urban Programs.
HHS announced that providers who have received Provider Relief Fund payments now have an additional 45 days (90 days total) to accept the Terms and Conditions and the payment or return the funds.
HHS announced nearly $4.9 billion in awards for over 13,000 skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in a new targeted allocation of the $175 billion Provider Relief Fund, made available through the CARES and PPPHCE Acts. Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) with six or more certified beds are eligible for payments and may use the payments for critical needs such as labor, scaling up testing capacity, acquiring personal protective equipment and a range of other expenses directly linked to the pandemic. Each SNF will receive a fixed distribution of $50,000, plus a distribution of $2,500 per bed. Recipients must attest that they will only use Provider Relief Fund payments for permissible purposes, as set forth in the Terms and Conditions, and agree to comply with future government audit and reporting requirements.
HHS issued updated FAQs for the $50 billion general allocation of the Provider Relief Fund, clarifying and expanding upon previous guidance, including:- Providers who received their payments by check have 60 days (rather than 45) to accept the terms and conditions and accept or reject the payment.- Providers cannot elect to have their data omitted from the provider-level data set detailing the Provider Relief Fund payment allocations that is publicly available on the CDC website.- various scenarios under which parent entities and their subsidiaries are eligible–or ineligible–for General Allocation Provider Relief Fund payments. Additional information is provided on how parent entities should submit revenue information for their subsidiaries and scenarios under which they may transfer HHS payments to their subsidiaries.
HHS issued a clarification for providers who are eligible for, but have not yet received, a second payment from the $20 billion tranche of the $50 billion Provider Relief Fund General Allocation. These providers must accept HHS’s Terms & Conditions and submit revenue information via tax forms or financial statements to HHS by June 3 in order to remain eligible for the additional payment. HHS also issued updated FAQs
New York’s Department of Health issued a directive determining that COVID-19 testing of nursing home and adult care facility personnel is medically necessary and twice weekly testing is essential. The health directive was accompanied by a concurrent New York Department of Financial Services directive to insurers requiring coverage of twice weekly testing of all nursing home and adult facility personnel without cost sharing.
HHS released several updates related to the Provider Relief Fund, including an extension of the deadline for providers to attest to terms and conditions and accept funds, new provider-level data on distribution of the $50 billion general fund allocation, and additional detail on the payment methodology used to distribute $10 billion to rural providers.
HHS released several updates related to the Provider Relief Fund, including an extension of the deadline for providers to attest to terms and conditions and accept funds, new provider-level data on distribution of the $50 billion general fund allocation, and additional detail on the payment methodology used to distribute $10 billion to rural providers.
An analysis by the Commonwealth Fund on the impact of COVID-19 on outpatient visits. Although visits to ambulatory care practices have rebounded since ealry April after a decline of nearly 60 percent, visits are still a third lower than they were before the pandemic.
HHS released provider-level data regarding the distribution of the $12 billion COVID-19 High-Impact Allocation from the Provider Relief Fund, of which $2 billion was based on hospitals’ Medicare disproportionate share and uncompensated care payments. These funds were distributed by HRSA to 395 hospitals that accounted for 71 percent of COVID-19 inpatient admissions reported to HHS from nearly 6,000 hospitals around the country.
HHS released several updates related to the Provider Relief Fund, including an extension of the deadline for providers to attest to terms and conditions and accept funds, new provider-level data on distribution of the $50 billion general fund allocation, and additional detail on the payment methodology used to distribute $10 billion to rural providers.
CARES Act Provider Relief Fund General Distribution FAQs
HHS issued new terms and conditions for recipients of the Provider Relief Fund allocations for high-impact hospitals and rural hospitals/health clinics. These are the terms and conditions for high-impact hospitals.
HHS issued new terms and conditions for recipients of the Provider Relief Fund allocations for high-impact hospitals and rural hospitals/health clinics. These are the terms and conditions for rural hospitals.
New York’s Department of Financial Services released a directive to insurers requiring coverage of twice weekly testing of all nursing home and adult facility personnel without cost sharing. The directive applies broadly to insuers, including Medicaid and Marketplace plans. The insurance directive was accompanied by a concurrent New York’s Department of Health directive determining that COVID-19 testing of nursing home and adult care facility personnel is medically necessary and twice weekly testing is essential.
This resource reviews HHS’s approach for the recent distribution of $22 billion to hot spot and rural providers and what we know about the first $100 billion of the Provider Relief Fund. This resource also discusses next steps for remaining Provider Relief Fund dollars.
This Health Affairs blog post highlights states’ policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as their proactive approaches to addressing a wide range of health concerns.
HHS issued guidance regarding the distribution of the remaining $70 billion in the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund, including to providers in COVID-19 “hot spots”.
CMCS issued an informational bulletin (CIB) to provide states with guidance about temporarily modifying provider payment methodologies and capitation rates under their Medicaid managed care contracts to address the impacts of the public health emergency. The guidance enumerates several options states could choose to adopt and details example state proposals in an appendix. States may effectuate these actions through managed care contract amendments, rate amendments, and state directed payment preprints and CMS noted it is continuing to prioritize and expedite reviews of these COVID-19 related managed care actions.
On Thursday, April 9 at 2:00 p.m. ET, State Health and Value Strategies hosted a webinar during which experts from Manatt Health walked through tools states can use to increase payments to providers through both fee-for-service and Medicaid managed care, despite COVID-19 driven changes to utilization. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to progress, providers across the continuum of care are experiencing significant changes in utilization resulting in declining revenue and jeopardizing access to care. The federal government has acknowledged the financial challenges facing providers through supplemental funding included in the three federal stimulus bills enacted to date and several states have submitted Section 1115 waivers requesting CMS approval to establish “disaster relief funds,” paid for with Medicaid dollars, to further assist providers. States are increasingly seeking innovative strategies to leverage Medicaid authorities to support the essential and vulnerable providers on the frontlines of the pandemic.
A rececent piece in Kaiser Health News highlights the fact that providers who predominately serve Medicaid beneficiaries have received very little, if any, federal funding meant provide financial relief.
HRSA announced $225 million in awards to 4,549 Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) for COVID-19 testing, as authorized through the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. Each RHC received a flat amount of just under $50,000, which may be used for a wide range COVID-19 testing and related expenses.
CMS updated its Medicaid managed care “state directed payments” page on Medicaid.gov to include COVID-19 delivery system and provider payment initiatives and post 2 example 42 CFR 438.6(c) pre-prints. The update supplements a May 14 informational bulletin in which CMS described Medicaid managed care options to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Medicaid providers.
HHS provided additional detail on which providers were eligible for the Provider Relief Funding for rural hospitals and rural health clinics (RHCs) based on their geographical location and the methodology used to develop provider-specific allocations.
See “10 Billion Allocation for Rural Hospitals and Providers” section:
Price Transparency: Requirements for Providers to Make Public Cash Prices for COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing
HHS issued a clarification for providers who are eligible for, but have not yet received, a second payment from the $20 billion tranche of the $50 billion Provider Relief Fund General Allocation. These providers must accept HHS’s Terms & Conditions and submit revenue information via tax forms or financial statements to HHS by June 3 in order to remain eligible for the additional payment. HHS also issued updated FAQs
HHS opened the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund Payment Attestation Portal for the initial $30 billion in funding. Providers must sign an attestation confirming receipt of the funds and agree to the terms and conditions within 30 days of payment (on or around May 10 for most providers).
Analysis of CARES Act Provider Relief Fund distribution to hospitals, including the implications of distributing funds based on net patient revenue. The analysis found that the formula used to allocate the $50 billion in funding favored hospitals with the highest share of private insurance revenue as a percent of total net patient revenue.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to progress, providers across the continuum of care are experiencing significant changes in utilization resulting in declining revenue and jeopardizing access to care. The federal government has acknowledged the financial challenges facing providers through supplemental funding included in the three federal stimulus bills enacted to date. In addition, several states have submitted Section 1115 waivers requesting CMS approval to establish “disaster relief funds,” paid for with Medicaid dollars, to further assist providers. While it will take some time for waiver requests to be reviewed and for the new federal funds to be released, more immediately available tools can help ensure payments continue flowing to providers despite substantial utilization changes. This Q&A provides a moment-in-time update in response to questions SHVS has received regarding the April 9 Targeted Options for Increasing Medicaid Payments to Providers During COVID-19 Crisis Webinar and corresponding Toolkit.
This analysis provides a deep dive into HHS’ approach to distributing the remaining $70 billion in the Provider Relief Fund, including by disbursing an additional $20 billion based on 2019 net patient revenue from all payers, earmarking payments for providers in hot spot regions and rural areas.
HHS announced it has begun the distribution of an additional $20 billion of the $50 billion “General Allocation” of the Provider Relief Fund. Providers eligible for the general distribution must submit required revenue information for verification, and must attest to the terms and conditions.
CMS issued a toolkit on mitigating COVID-19 prevalence in nursing homes that catalogs solutions designed at the state level sourced from healthcare providers, state Governors, and other stakeholders. State actions catalogued in the toolkit include those related to: cleaning/disinfection, reporting/guidance, testing, workforce and staffing, nursing home communications, procuring and improving utilization of PPE, housing and sheltering, patient transfer, and telehealth (among others).
HHS announced that it has begun the distribution of $12 billion to facilities admitting large numbers of COVID-19 patients (more than 100 inpatients) and $10 billion to providers in rural areas.
This updated document outlines COVID-19 emergency declaration 1135 “blanket waivers” for healthcare providers and is regularly updated by CMS. The April 30 updates add new telehealth-related flexibilities, relax physical environment requirements for providers, and make changes to a number of policies related to Community Mental Health Centers and long term care providers.
HRSA awarded nearly $583 million to 1,385 HRSA-funded health centers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and eight U.S. territories to expand COVID-19 testing.
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing dramatic changes in utilization that threaten the financial stability of providers and may jeopardize access to care during and after the national emergency. With elective cases generally cancelled, hospitals have sharply lower utilization and revenue. Some hospitals in hotspots are seeing a surge in COVID-19 related usage, which may offset some or all of the revenue decline and in some cases increase their costs. In addition, many other providers that rely on face-to-face visits—including primary care, behavioral health, and providers of long-term services and supports—are seeing large utilization declines due to social distancing requirements. Federal and state governments have acknowledged and responded to the financial challenges facing providers in several different ways. While it will take some time for waiver requests to be reviewed and for the new federal funds to be released, this toolkit identifies more immediately available tools that can help ensure payments continue flowing to providers despite substantial utilization changes.
FCC approved its fourth set of COVID-19 Telehealth Program applications, distributing an additional $4.2 million. FCC has awarded $13.7 million to date under the program, which allows for up to $200 million in funding, and continues to approve applications on a rolling basis.
ACF announced intent to award $45 million to states, territories, and tribes to support the child welfare needs of families during the crisis and to help keep families together, as authorized by the CARES Act.
CMS released a new toolkit for states to help accelerate adoption of broader telehealth coverage policies in the Medicaid and CHIP during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
CMS issues guidance on flexibilities to allow certain freestanding emergency departments to participate in Medicare and Medicaid to increase hospital capacity.
New toolkit and resource guide to help state and local decision-makers address health care workforce challenges in their communities.
HRSA announced nearly $165 million in awards to rural communities, including to support 1,779 small rural hospitals, and 14 HRSA-funded Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) providing technical assistance on telehealth in rural and underserved areas.
Certificate of Need (CON) laws are state regulatory mechanisms for establishing or expanding health care facilities and services in a given area of a state. In states that have CON programs, a state health planning agency must approve major capital expenditures for certain health care facilities. This piece highlights how several states are re-evaluating and adjusting the policies for their CON programs.
SAMHSA released a list of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) awardees for grants to increase access to and improve the quality of community mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Funding includes $200 million in annually appropriated funding and $250 million in emergency COVID-19 funding.
HRSA announced an upcoming funding opportunity to make $15 million in awards available to tribal organizations. The funding opportunity announcement is expected on 4/21/2020 and the estimated application due date is 5/12/2020.
ACL announced $955 million in CARES Act grants for support of older adults and people with disabilities. These grants will fund services such as home-delivered meals, care services in the home, and respite care; the majority of these funds are being awarded to states, territories, and tribes for subsequent allocation to local service providers.
Medicaid program guidance allowing telemedicine to be provided and billed for payment when delivered via the school-based services program for counseling and occupational, physical and speech therapy.
CMS issued recommendations for healthcare facilities in areas that have low or stable incidence of COVID-19 to begin to restart care that has been postponed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Oregon policy to redirect CCO quality funds to support critical needs related to COVID-19.
Guidance from CMS increasing nursing home transparency related to COVID-19, including through reporting cases to the CDC, and notifying residents and families of confirmed cases.
SBA issued an interim final rule on the Paycheck Protection Program, to provide economic relief to small businesses-including small healthcare providers and community-based organizations adversely impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency. Public comment is open through May 15, 2020.
On Thursday, April 16 State Health and Value Strategies hosted a webinar, Implications of Health Care Provisions for States in the CARES Act, on the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law on March 27. The CARES Act contains a number of health care related provisions and federal funding sources to support states as they continue to work tirelessly to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. During the webinar experts from Manatt Health and Georgetown’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms highlighted funding opportunities and conducted a deep dive on key provisions relevant to states included in the CARES Act.
Section 3221 of the CARES Act changes federal law regarding the confidentiality of substance use disorder (SUD) records, including surrounding sharing of written consent with HIPAA covered entities.
This FAQ answers common provider questions regarding the provision of methadone and buprenorphin, including through the use of telehealth, for the treatment of opioid disorder during the COVID-19 crisis.
North Carolina website cataloging guidance on telehealth expansion during COVID-19, including recent policies related to enhanced behavioral health services, optometry services, postpartum care visits, and even self-measured blood pressure monitoring.
Medicaid memo to providers summarizing changes to program requirements, including expansion of telehealth coverage, provider licensure, and prior authorization for services, during the COVID-19 crisis. Content on behavioral health was updated in a subsequent memo.
This guidance temporarily allows DEA-registered practitioners to distribute controlled substances with fewer limitations, to meet the increasing demand as a result of the public health emergency.
New joint guidance from the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury that addresses questions on the Families First and CARES Acts requirements on coverage of COVID-19 related testing services, including, for example, the requirement to cover (without cost sharing) diagnostic tests to rule out other conditions such as influenza.
This guidance provides DEA-registered hospitals/clinics with the flexibility to use alternate satellite locations and allow these satellite locations to receive shipments of controlled substances expeditiously.
The FCC has established two new programs: 1) The COVID-19 Telehealth Program under which the FCC will distribute $200 million in CARES Act funding to help health care providers offer connected care services to patients at their homes or mobile locations, and 2) the Connected Care Pilot Program, which will also support connected care services to consumers, particularly for low-income Americans and veterans, with up to $100 million over three years.
This memo clarifies a section of the earlier Medicaid provider memo on flexibilities offered to providers of behavioral health and addiction and recovery treatment.
Guidance from New York State Office of Mental Health on adult Continuing Day Treatment (CDT) program expectations, changes in documentation requirements during the disaster emergency period, and reduction or elimination of minimum billing requirements.
CMS issues guidance for long-term care facilities transferring or discharging residents between facilities for the purpose of cohorting residents based on COVID-19 status (i.e., positive, negative, unknown/under observation).
HRSA announces $1.3 billion in awards to 1,387 health centers across the United States with funding provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This interactive map provides a summary of the CARES Act funding awarded to health centers in each state and US territory.
WA policies related to Integrated managed care behavioral health provider support during the COVID-19 pandemic
CMS released guidance for intermediate care facilites for individuals with intellectual disabilities, and for psychiatric residental treatment facilities, to address infection control and prevention practices.
Guidance from New York State Office of Mental Health on Assertive Communty Treatment (ACT) program expectations, changes in documentation requirements during the disaster emergency period, and the reduction or elimination of minimum billing requirements.
Guidance from New York State Department of Heatlh on the provision of community based long-term services and supports covered by Medicaid.
CMS, in collaboration with medical societies and associations, updated recommendations to postpone and limit non-essential surgeries and other procedures, including non-emergent, elective treatment, and preventive medical services.
Providers must accept the terms and conditions outlined by HHS in this document prior to receiving funds from the CARES Act.
A state-by-state breakdown of how the first $30 billion of the CARES Act funding will be distributed to US states and territories
New fact sheet from HHS detailing the specifics of how the first $30 billion of CARES Act funding will be distributed to providers. Funds will be distributed immediately proportionate to providers’ share of Medicare fee-for-service reimbursements in 2019. The fact sheet notes that HHS is working to develop targeted distributions to hospitals and providers that will focus on providers in hotspot COVID areas, rural providers, and providers with lower shares of Medicare reimbursement or who predominantly serve the Medicaid population.
New York has made significant changes to increase the flexibility and timeliness of its CON program. Under new guidance, providers in New York are only required to notify the Department of Health about the new project–but do not need to wait for approval prior to moving forward with these requests.
FAQs include HRSA’s guidance for health centers related to COVID-19, which is updated on an ongoing basis. 4/7 updates to FAQs include guidance on infection control/prevention for health centers, health center obligations for paid sick leave/other benefits for staff, liability protections for volunteer providers, permissible adjustments to operating hours, telehealth, and scope of practice.
New guidance from CMS outlines a host of blanket waivers and flexibilities that the Administration is affording to healthcare providers. The release communicates 1135 blanket waivers issued in previous weeks as well as new waivers announced on 4/9/2020, including new flexibilities such as allowing doctors to care for patients across state lines via telehealth.
CMS releases an FAQ in support of communicating key changes outlined in the Medicare Interim Final Rule issued on 3/31/2020. Topics in the FAQ include payment for specimen collection, hospital services, ambulance services, RHCs, FQHCs, telehealth, and physician services.
Many states with Certificate of Need (CON) programs, which typically require state approval of major capital expenditures for health care facilities, are creating emergency CON procedures to allow for expedited approval during the COVID-19 crisis.Vermont has established emergency CON procedures that allow applicants to apply for and receive approval for new health care projects within 24 hours, and without notice or opportunity for public hearing.
CMS announced it is granting exceptions from reporting requirements and extensions for clinicians and providers participating in Medicare quality reporting programs.
Summary of changes to the the Physician Self-Referral Law, also known as the Stark Law, in light of COVID-19 emergency
Guidance from Massachusetts related to the provision of early intervention services during the COVID-19 crisis.
This analysis describes flexibilities given to providers under Section 1135 waivers, such as enabling providers to deliver care in alternate care settings and expand workforce capacity.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington State is offering a limited number of free Zoom videoconferencing licenses to providers to help providers continue seeing patients using telehealth technology.
This page includes guidance and templates for the Medicaid State Plan Disaster Relief SPA and CHIP Disaster Relief SPA.
This resource provides guidance for health care providers on the provision and billing of services telehealth, including telephone and video conferencing
This resource provides guidance for health care providers on the provision and billing of services telehealth, including telephone and video conferencing
CMS issues guidance for clinicians on flexibilities related to accelerated/advance payments, telehealth services, COVID-19 testing, and claims process modifications during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
California guidance to providers to prevent discrimination related to screening and treatment for COVID-19
Infographic detailing funding to key health agencies and programs in the second COVID-19 bill, Families First Coronavirus Response Act—including the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Administration for Community Living, the Indian Health Service and Department of Veterans Affairs—as well as the amounts of the funding, the uses and the recipients
This page includes federal background information on Section 1135 waivers and a CMS-developed template for states and territories.
CMS has expanded their Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program to a broad group of Medicare providers and suppliers for the duration of the public health emergency. CMS’ FAQs for States (see E.13) addresses how Medicaid agencies may implement similar approaches.
Infographic describing diversion scenarios for COVID-19 screening under the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA).
CMS released an interim final rule with comment period that proposes several changes to the Medicaid and Medicare programs. For the Medicaid program, the rule amends health home regulations by allowing other licensed practitioners to order home health services, without physician sign-off.
This comprehensive resource page on COVID-19 guidance includes multiple funding opportunities to support telehealth for behavioral health services, naloxone distribution, and Opioid Treatment Program facilities.
This letter to behavioral health managed care plans outlines efforts from NC DHHS to provide flexible funding to stabilize providers and respond to the changing needs of consumers.
This guidance allows practitioners further flexibility in prescribing and dispensing buprenorphine to new and existing patients with opioid use disorder via telephone without examination in person or via telemedicine.
In light of the growing number and diversity of approved 1135 waivers, this Q&A document provides a general primer on Section 1135 to help healthcare stakeholders understand the scope of what HHS and CMS can and cannot do under this emergency authority.
Information on federal tax provisions, guidance, and operational changes responding to COVID-19.
This guidance allows OTPs to make “door stop” deliveries for medications for opioid use disorder in a lock-box for patients under quarantine.
This guidance allows OTPs to make “door stop” deliveries for medications for opioid use disorder in a lock-box for patients under quarantine.
This guidance allows prescribers and practitoners to issue time limited prescriptions of schedule II drugs via oral communication (e.g., telephone) under limited circumstances.
This guidance allows practitioners to dispense schedule II-IV drugs (including methadone, buprenorphine and opioids) not only in their home states but also in states with which their home stateshave reciprocity.
This guidance advises that Opioid Treatment Programs on providing medications to patients who are quarantined with COVID-19.
This guidance details infection control and social distancing recommendations for state psychiatric hospitals.
This guidance advises outpatient providers to utilize telehealth, whenever possible, reschedule non-urgent appointments, reach out to high risk patients for COVID-19, eliminate cancellation/no show fees.
This guidance clarifies that medical emergency exception to Part 2 applies during COVID-19.
This FAQ addresses general questions associated with award and management of SAMHSA discretionary grants that may arise in relation to COVID-19.
Compilation of COVID-19 FAQs on private insurance issues.
CMS expands Accelerated and Advance Payments to all Medicare FFS providers and suppliers.
Recordings and transcripts of CMS calls on COVID-19 with states and other stakeholders
Compilation of resources for state on Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, including transcripts and recordings of all-state calls
This broad-sweeping guidance outlines a host of blanket waivers and flexibilities that the Administration is affording to health care providers.
This letter requests that hospitals report testing data to HHS and bed capacity and supplies to CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network on a daily basis.
Resources on waivers and flexibilities available to states and providers
This order allows pharmacists and pharmacy interns to administer methadone and buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder.
This memo provides interim guidance to assist Opioid Treatment Programs with providing medications to patients, aligning state policy with federal take home exceptions of 14 and 28 days.
This FAQ provides guidance to narcotic treatment programs, including information on services that may be provided by telehealth.
MA developed an All Provider Bulletin that summarizes the State’s Hospital-Determined Presumptive Eligibility process.
MA developed a managed care plan bulletin that outlines requirement’s for coverage and billing related to COVID-19.
This FAQ includes guidance for behavioral health providers, partners, and the greater community to develop coordinated prevention and response plans for COVID-19.
NY established telehealth reimbursement parity in Medicaid programs during the state of emergency.
MS Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure has waived state licensure restrictions to allow out-of-state physicians who already have a pre-existing doctor-patient relationship to treat patients in Mississippi through telemedicine.
This page catalogs CMS’s approved COVID-19 State Section 1135 waivers.
AK, MN, NJ, VT, and WV introduced or enacted telehealth legislation to increase telehealth access and coverage during the month of March.
AK, MN, NJ, VT, and WV introduced or enacted telehealth legislation to increase telehealth access and coverage during the month of March.
AK, MN, NJ, VT, and WV introduced or enacted telehealth legislation to increase telehealth access and coverage during the month of March.
Information for PACE Organizations Regarding Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
AK, MN, NJ, VT, and WV introduced or enacted telehealth legislation to increase telehealth access and coverage during the month of March.
AK, MN, NJ, VT, and WV introduced or enacted telehealth legislation to increase telehealth access and coverage during the month of March.
In MA, through executive order, Governor Baker expanded access to telehealth services in all commercial insurers and MassHealth programs, waived all cost-sharing for any medically necessary treatment delivered via telehealth related to COVID-19 at in-network providers, waived any prior authorization barriers needed to obtain medically necessary telehealth services, and established a 24-hour process to allow medical professionals to receive a license to practice in Massachusetts
This page includes guidance and a template for COVID-19 1115 waiver demonstrations.