Unwinding from the PHE – Navigation Resources

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency is set to end on May 11, 2023. Guidances and directives are ramping up for providers to this end, just as they did initially when the PHE was declared on January 31, 2020 and continued for the next 3 years. This website is designed to consolidate all such resources for quick reference. Check this website frequently for updates as we move closer to the end of the declared PHE.

• CMS’ QSO-23-02-ALL (Guidance for Staff Vaccination Requirements)... Expires June 5, 2023

• CMS Policy and Regulatory Changes to the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Requirements... Posted May 31, 2023

• Frequently Asked Questions: CMS Waivers, Flexibilities, and the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ... Posted May 19, 2023

• What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act and Other EEO Laws … Posted May 15, 2023

• Eleventh Amendment to Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID–19 ... Posted May 11, 2023

• NAHC: Ending of the COVID-19 PHE Waivers & Flexibilities ... Posted May 11, 2023

• End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) and the COVID-19 National Emergency and Implications for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ... Posted May 8, 2023

• Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic ... Posted May 8, 2023

• Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (REVISED) … Posted May 8, 2023

• Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Testing Requirements and Revised COVID-19 Focused Survey Tool … Posted May 8, 2023

• Frequently Asked Questions: CMS Waivers, Flexibilities, and the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ... Posted May 5, 2023

• COVID-19 Surveillance After Expiration of the Public Health Emergency Declaration ― United States, May 11, 2023 … Posted May 5, 2023

• Guidance for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) ... Posted May 1, 2023

• Frequently Asked Questions: CMS Waivers, Flexibilities, and the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ... Posted April 26, 2023

• Fact Sheet: HHS Announces Intent to Amend the Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 ... Posted April 14, 2023

• Letter to U.S. Governors from HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Renewing PHE ... Posted April 14, 2023

• Unwinding and Returning to Regular Operations after COVID-19 … Posted March 2, 2023

• What Do I Need to Know? CMS Waivers, Flexibilities, and the Transition Forward from the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency … Posted February 27, 2023

• Long Term Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities and/or Nursing Facilities): CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 … Posted February 24, 2023

• Home Health Agencies: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 … Posted February 24, 2023

• Hospice: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 … Posted February 24, 2023

• Hospitals and CAHs (including Swing Beds, DPUs), ASCs and CMHCs: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 … Posted February 24, 2023

• Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities … Posted February 24, 2023

• Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 … Posted February 24, 2023

• All Provider-specific Fact Sheets for Information About COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Waivers and Flexibilities … Posted February 24, 2023

• Letter to U.S. Governors from HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on renewing COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) … Posted February 9, 2023

• Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Transition Roadmap… Posted February 9, 2023

• Unwinding and Returning to Regular Operations after COVID-19 … Posted January 6, 2023

• Key Dates Related to the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Condition Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 … Posted January 5, 2023

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