HHS Tells Govs To Step Up Post-PHE Plans But Mum On End Date

The Biden administration on Tuesday (May 10) pressed governors to get serious about planning for the end of the public health emergency -- including the restart of Medicaid enrollment determinations and decisions on which state pandemic flexibilities to continue -- but said the administration has yet to decide whether to extend the PHE beyond mid-July. The letter, sent just days before HHS would need to give its promised 60 days’ advance notice of a PHE end , sparked mixed reactions...