In Boon For Stakeholders, HHS Expected To Extend PHE Through April

HHS on Friday signaled it will extend the COVID-19 public health emergency beyond Jan. 12 -- a move most certainly to draw praise from key health care stakeholders who recently urged the administration to maintain the PHE and related policies through the winter to help address a potential COVID surge and to grant states more time to prepare for the Medicaid redetermination process slated to re-start once the emergency ends. The move also gives telehealth lobbyists additional time to get...