HHS: COVID-19 Emergency, And Related Waivers, May Last Through 2021

By Michelle M. Stein / January 24, 2021 at 11:42 PM

The COVID-19 public health emergency is expected to continue through the end of 2021, Acting HHS Secretary Norris Cochran wrote in a Jan. 22 letter to governors, signaling the temporary 6.2% bump in federal Medicaid matching funds and a slew of other Medicare and Medicaid emergency waivers put in place during the pandemic will not end soon.


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