public health emergency

On May 11, 2023, the Public Health Emergency ended in the United States. Obviously, the whole world is celebrating the diminished COVID-19 numbers and the drop in COVID-related deaths. But we’ve been...

Regulation is always clear and easy to comprehend.  Laughable, right? What often happens when new rules and regulations are proposed or finalized is that there is a flurry of activity following, from...

It’s pretty simple, really. Telehealth in physical, occupational and speech therapy allows more treatment for seniors, and better access.  By reducing travel times for therapists between facilities,...

Senior living providers navigate PHE unwinding, state-level guidelines … Therapy association urges cautious use of telehealth until HHS responds … Fear, mistrust a barrier to mental healthcare in Medicaid-funded...

Therapy groups serving long-term care and other institutional providers were left hanging Thursday as the public health emergency officially lapsed and federal regulators still had not given clarification...

As the threat of COVID-19 fades, a key figure in the Biden Administration’s pandemic fight is stepping down.

It is time for the international community to recognize COVID-19 as an endemic disease and end the pandemic health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Friday.

Pharmacy providers will continue to have liability immunity when administering COVID-19 and vaccinations, treatments and tests after the end of the Public Health Emergency, the Department of Health and...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a notice detailing which COVID-19-related guidances will expire when the public health emergency ends as scheduled on May 11, and which guidances will remain...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has confirmed that the waivers initiated during the public health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic will be ending on May 11, 2023.  Most prominently,...