Health policy/practice updates

Posted over 5 years ago

Hello members! We wanted to share recent policy/practice updates and information from the AANP. Complete details may be found on the AANP website. We have a link to this page under the "Legislative" tab in our menu.

Here are some highlights:

We are pleased to announce that on April 30, 2020, CMS issued an interim final rule that permanently implements Section 3708 of the CARES Act, retroactively effective to March 1, 2020. This interim final rule overrides the previous Medicare and Medicaid home health flexibilities issued last month, which were only for the duration of the public health emergency. As previously mentioned in our previous Government Affairs Updates, these policies do refer back to state law, so it is important to ensure that if there is any conflicting language in state law or regulations, it is amended in accordance with this interim final rule. AANP's State and Federal Government Affairs teams are working together closely to identify conflicting language so it can be addressed.

AANP has put together a webpage that we are updating frequently with federal and state policy information related to COVID-19. Additionally, AANP just created a new COVID-19 Policy FAQ resource for AANP members. Please continue to consult these resources throughout the week for the most up-to-date information. We would like to draw your attention to recent guidance documents from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which were added to the page:

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