Medicare & Medicaid
By September, the U.S. will have the capacity to do 90 million tests a month, if needed, says Adm. Brett Giroir of HHS.
About 6.5 million Americans live with heart failure and these technologies can save their lives, according to CMS.
Rural providers can pursue care transformation, such as expanding telehealth to allow the beneficiary's place of residence to be an originating site.
The new deadline applies to newly eligible providers as well as the eligible Medicaid, Medicaid managed care, CHIP and dental providers.
The plans include details on reaching vulnerable populations including minorities, immunocompromised individuals and older adults.
Health plans in the Affordable Care Act market are already required to cover preexisting conditions.
Star ratings would add a Timely and Effective Care group and would include critical access hospitals and VA hospitals.
The agency has yet to say whether parity will remain between an in-person and a telehealth visit.
"The virus is receding," the president said of COVID-19 during a news conference on Monday.
Skilled nursing facilities will get a $750 million, or 2.2%, boost for 2021.