COVID-19 Relief Interim Final Rule includes Regulatory Changes

CMS published an interim final rule that makes regulatory and policy changes to various aspects of the Medicare and Medicaid programs in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The regulatory changes went into effect on May 8, 2020. This is the second COVID-19-related IFR that CMS has released this year. This rule addresses several issues, including temporary expansion of scope of practice for health care workers, temporary relocation of provider-based departments, temporary treatment locations for certain hospital outpatient services, GME and more. Read the AAHKS summary.