CMS relaxes regs in wake of health care crisis: HHS designates four states as having a public health emergency.(CMS)

Publication: Medicine & Health

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To remove any potential roadblocks victims of Hurricane Katrina may face in receiving health care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has waived its Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation, including State Children's Health Insurance Program and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requirements and payment policies for providers who treat those affected by the hurricane.

Because Katrina damaged many Gulf Coast health care facilities, most beneficiaries have been evacuated to neighboring states where receiving hospitals...

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