CMS Takes Steps to Help with Hurricane Nate Emergency Response

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced agency efforts to support Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi in response to Hurricane Nate, including waivers for hospitals and other healthcare facilities and special enrollment periods for hurricane victims. CMS is also allowing healthcare providers helping with recovery efforts to receive temporary billing privileges and licensed dialysis facilities not certified to provide care for Medicare beneficiaries to gain temporary Medicare provider status.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news