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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- Recommendations under the White House Guidelines for Opening Up America Again (FED-192)
- Issued
- 2020-04-19 Apr. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-19 (for States that had passed the Apr. 16, 2020 Gating Criteria) (read as 2020-04-19)
- End
- succeeded by Phase II recommendations (June 8, 2020; not saved) (read as 2020-06-08)
- In force
- Apr. 19, 2020 to June 8, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- healthcare systems and facilities resuming in-person non-COVID care
- Functions reached
- SX/PR resumption conditions (screening, PPE, testing, facility zoning, visitor limits, distancing in waiting rooms)
- OC outpatient
- CB
- Collection
- Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A
Operative words
To expand capacity to care for these patients and to conserve adequate staff and supplies, especially personal protective equipment (PPE), on March 18 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recommended limiting non-essential care and expanding surge capacity into ambulatory surgical centers and other areas.... Therefore, if states or regions have passed the Gating Criteria (symptoms, cases, and hospitals) announced on April 16, 2020, then they may proceed to Phase I.... Maximum use of all telehealth modalities is strongly encouraged. However, for care that cannot be accomplished virtually, these recommendations -- the first in a series of recommendations -- may guide healthcare systems and facilities as they consider resuming in-person care of non-COVID-19 patients in regions with low incidence of COVID-19 disease.
Enforcement
Recommendations; conditions adopted by State reopening orders for health care
Notes
Fixes, from CMS itself, the federal recommendation of March 18, 2020 to limit non-essential care, and the conditions under which care resumed (screening, masking, PPE, 'non-COVID Care zones', limited visitors): the manner-of-operation changes that continued through 2021.