CMS Extends COVID-19 Relief Deadline Again For Medicaid Providers

With relatively few providers receiving distributions under the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program provider relief pot, CMS is extending the deadline to apply again and is reopening the so-called general distribution to certain Medicare providers. HHS Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement late Friday (July 31) that extending the deadline until Aug. 28 for Medicaid and CHIP providers to apply for the $15 billion relief announced last month is an example of the administration working with providers to...