At 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, 2023, the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration will conclude, more than three years after taking effect in January 2020. The PHE declaration has enabled the U.S. Department of...more
The Biden Administration has announced that May 11, 2023, will be the final day of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration, which has been in effect since January 2020. Following the White House’s announcement...more
The Big Picture -
On September 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reopened the comment period for a November 2020 interim final rule (IFR) titled “Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response...more
Join Manatt for the First of Our Imperatives Deep-Dive Sessions on the Topics You Voted Most Important to You.
To benefit fully from America’s health care system, people need both timely access to health care services and...more
9/9/2022
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In January 2021, Manatt Health described the ten health care imperatives essential for improving our health care system and advancing health equity in the 2020s. Now two years into the decade, we have released our 2022...more
5/3/2022
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As the COVID-19 pandemic approaches the two-year mark, the United States leads the world in new COVID-19 cases and deaths. These tragic numbers reflect both the rise of the highly contagious Delta variant, as well as...more
10/26/2021
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On April 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced that the Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration for COVID‑19 will be renewed for another 90 days, beginning on April 21 (the date the PHE...more
On March 11, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released its latest declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act. Building on prior declarations, this latest amendment...more
Editor’s Note: In a new report for the California Health Care Foundation, summarized below, Manatt Health discusses the impact of key legal changes that supported the delivery of community behavioral health services in...more
On Thursday, January 8, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced that the Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration for COVID‑19 will be renewed for another 90 days, beginning on January 21 (the date the...more
1/13/2021
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A Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine was published on Friday by the National Academies of the Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to guide ongoing vaccine planning efforts by federal, state, and...more
On Friday, October 2, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced that the Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration for COVID-19 will be renewed for another 90 days, beginning on October 23 (the date the...more
10/12/2020
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On September 16, 2020, the Trump Administration issued, for the first time, a planning framework for allocation and distribution of an eventual COVID-19 vaccine (the Federal Distribution Strategy). After briefly summarizing...more
Extension of the Disaster Emergency, Consolidated Renewals and New Reporting Requirements -
To support COVID-19 response efforts, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued more than 60 Executive Orders that temporarily...more
The COVID-19 crisis is far from over, as evidenced by the 300,000 new U.S. cases reported over the past seven days. Recognizing this ongoing impact, federal and state officials have left in place many of the emergency...more
On Thursday, July 23, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced that the Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration for COVID-19 will be renewed for another 90 days through October 22. This update...more
8/3/2020
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To support COVID-19 response efforts, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued more than 50 Executive Orders that temporarily waive state regulatory requirements (waivers) or impose new mandates (directives),...more
During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has authorized new flexibility for medical residents and teaching physicians to rely on telehealth when caring for Medicare...more
On March 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) swept aside dozens of federal healthcare requirements using its emergency waiver authority under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act. The waivers—addressing...more
4/9/2020
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