{"id":1052,"date":"2020-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehealthworkforcehub.org\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2020-04-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T04:00:00","slug":"cms-sets-path-for-resuming-elective-surgeries-as-covid-19-eases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hwcollab.org\/resources\/cms-sets-path-for-resuming-elective-surgeries-as-covid-19-eases\/","title":{"rendered":"CMS Sets Path for Resuming Elective Surgeries as COVID-19 Eases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Agency also will require nursing homes to report COVID-19 cases to CDC, patients, and families<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Medpage Today, April 20, 2020 — Healthcare facilities should be able to begin performing elective procedures again if they follow certain protocols, according to guidelines released Sunday<\/a> by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although many hospitals and health systems have quickly set up telehealth services to address non-urgent medical issues, “the reality is that not everything can be addressed by telehealth,” CMS administrator Seema Verma said at a briefing held by the White House’s coronavirus task force, citing breast cancer surgery and cataract surgery as two examples of elective procedures that can’t be put off for too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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