- On April 10, President Biden signed H.J. Res. 7 into law, thereby ending the national state of emergency related to COVID-19 that was declared under the National Emergencies Act. Separately, the Biden Administration has announced that May 11 will be the last day of the public health emergency. Confused? Check out this week’s Compliance Now blog post by Jennifer Berman to learn more. Additionally, you can tune in to next week’s Compliance Corner webinar (also hosted by Berman) on April 20 at 2:00 p.m. ET.
- Contact your legislators today and urge them to cosponsor the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023. You can also ask your clients to send a direct message about why their legislators should support these efforts. Tell them to take action here.
-The period known as the “Medicaid unwinding” began on April 1. This week, HHS and CMS hosted webinars with stakeholders where they outlined their plans to communicate with beneficiaries who will need to obtain new coverage after becoming ineligible for Medicaid.
- The Justice Department announced yesterday that the agency has requested a stay to pause Judge Reed O’Connor’s recent ruling against the ACA’s preventive-care mandate, which would keep the mandate in place as the case makes its way through the appeals process.