{"id":"SEC-01-010","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"01","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"CMS","authority":"Social Security Act 1135 and 1812(f); Presidential national emergency declaration Mar. 13, 2020; HHS PHE","instrument":"COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (hospitals: Hospitals Without Walls; EMTALA; verbal orders; discharge planning; medical staff; physical environment; surge sites)","title":"COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (Updated 5/24/21)","dateIssued":"2020-03-30","effective":"2020-03-01 (retroactive)","end":"End of PHE (May 11, 2023), with phased terminations from 2022","startDate":"2020-03-01","endDate":"2023-05-11","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["hospitals, CAHs, ASCs and other providers"],"clause":"Emergency Medical Treatment \u0026 Labor Act (EMTALA). CMS is waiving the enforcement of [EMTALA]... Verbal Orders. CMS is waiving the requirements of 42 CFR 482.23, 482.24 and 485.635(d)(3)... to provide additional flexibility... Due to current hospital surge, CMS is waiving...","enforcement":"Conditions of participation waived only on the stated terms; the waiver defines what a hospital could lawfully do off-site","functions":["IP surge sites and off-campus beds","ED EMTALA screening at alternate sites","HR medical staff privileging","OF","CB"],"notes":"Pleaded as the federal terms on which surge capacity was built and as the predicate of every State licensing waiver.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cms.gov/files/document/summary-covid-19-emergency-declaration-waivers.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":520225,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-01","url":"/library/SEC-01-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-01-010","citation":"CMS, COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (hospitals: Hospitals Without Walls; EMTALA; verbal orders; discharge planning; medical staff; physical environment; surge sites) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-010)","stateName":"","related":["SEC-01-007","SEC-01-008","SEC-01-009"]}