The end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on May 11th requires hospice organizations to examine their current practices. The waivers and flexibilities put into place to ease burdens on hospices will be coming to an end. To avoid survey deficiencies, it’s important to know when compliance to the affected Conditions of Participation is expected. A…
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Public Health Emergency
The US Department of Health and Human Services has extended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency for an additional 90 days effective July 20, 2021. This is the sixth renewal of the PHE since the pandemic was declared in 2020. In particular, the Delta strain of SARS-CoV-2 is now the dominant strain found in the US. …
