Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra
extended the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for an additional 90 days.
The new expiration date for the COVID-19 PHE is now set for mid-January 2022. Any decision to allow the PHE to lapse would come with 60 days of notice.
Telehealth flexibilities, enhanced FMAP, SNF-specific waivers (3-Day Stay, Spell of Illness) and other COVID-19 related Medicare, Medicaid, and regulatory waivers remain in place.