What Will Change Now That the Public Health Emergency Is Ending? Experts Weigh In, MedPage Today

Associate Tesch Leigh West spoke with MedPage Today about what is next for Medicaid, telehealth, and other parts of the healthcare industry as policies put in place during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) wind down. Tesch said one area to watch has to do with waivers for Medicaid to cover home-and-community-based services, pointing out that waivers provided through a regulation called 1915(c) will extend to December 11, 2023.

"Some states want to finalize and allow those new payment allowances to continue beyond the PHE, some states are not sure, and some don't want them to continue,” Tesch said.

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