BC Advantage - 2020 Issue 4

CMS Issues Recommendations to Re-Open Health Care Systems in Areas with Low Incidence of COVID-19

The United States is experiencing an unprecedented public health emergency from the COVID-19 pandemic.  Healthcare facilities in some areas are stretched to their limits of capacity, and surge areas have been needed to augment care for patients with COVID-19.  To expand capacity to care for these patients and to conserve adequate staff and supplies, especially personal protective equipment (PPE), on March 18 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recommended limiting non-essential care and expanding surge capacity into ambulatory surgical centers and other areas.  However, CMS recognizes that at this time many areas have a...

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