| Ex. FED-090 | CMS-1744-IFC, Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule with comment period)Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 19230… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS | United States (Medicare and Medicaid providers)Federal | Mar. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-159 | CMS Recommendations, Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare: Phase I (Apr. 19, 2020)Opening Up America Again: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Recommendations Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-emergent… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS | United StatesFederal | Apr. 19, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Capacity limitHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-092 | CMS-3401-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 54820 (Sept. 2, 2020) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(h) testing; 482.42(e) hospital reporting) and QSO-20-38-NH (Aug. 26, 2020; revised through Sept. 23, 2022)Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS | United States (Medicare and Medicaid long-term care facilities; hospitals and CAHs; CLIA laboratories)Federal | Sept. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-158 | CMS, Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (Apr. 7, 2020) (tiered framework; supplements the Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations of Mar. 18, 2020)Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS | United States (all healthcare facilities and clinicians)Federal | Apr. 7, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-094 | CMS-3414-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306 (May 13, 2021) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(d)(3)) and QSO-21-19-NHMedicare and Medicaid Programs; COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities for… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS | United States (Medicare and Medicaid LTC facilities and ICFs-IID)Federal | May 13, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-095 | CMS-3415-IFC, Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination, 86 Fed. Reg. 61555 (Nov. 5, 2021)Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination, 86 Fed. Reg. 61555 (Nov. 5, 2021) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS | United States (fifteen categories of Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers)Federal | Nov. 4, 2021 | | Health care ordersVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-004 | CMS-3401-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 54820Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services | United StatesFederal | Sept. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-091 | CMS-5531-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule)Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Basic Health Program, and Exchanges; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS | United StatesFederal | May 1, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-017 | CMS-1744-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 19230Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesFederal | Apr. 6, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-021 | CMS-3415-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 61555Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesFederal | Nov. 5, 2021 | | Health care ordersVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-01-004 | CMS-3401-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 54820 (Sept. 2, 2020): 42 C.F.R. 482.42(e) and 485.640(d) (hospital and CAH COVID-19 reporting as a condition of participation); 483.80(h) (LTC testing); 493.41 (laboratory SARS-CoV-2 test reporting)Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS | United StatesFederal | Aug. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-006 | CMS-5531-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 27550Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Basic Health Program, and Exchanges; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesFederal | May 8, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-008 | CMS-3414-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306Medicare and Medicaid Programs; COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities for… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesFederal | May 13, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-24-008 | 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Instructions and Technical Guidance, Appendix K: Emergency Preparedness and ResponseAppendix K: Emergency Preparedness and Response (Instructions and Technical Guidance) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United States (all States operating 1915(c) HCBS waivers)Federal | Mar. 1, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-160 | COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (consolidated document; version updated May 24, 2021)COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS | United States (Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP providers)Federal | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-078 | Appendix K: Emergency Preparedness and Response and COVID-19 Addendum to the Community HealthChoices and OBRA 1915(c) waivers (combined; final amendment fixing the end date)Appendix K: Emergency Preparedness and Response | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (approval) on the application of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Long-Term Living | Pennsylvania Medicaid (Community HealthChoices waiver PA.0386 and OBRA waiver PA.0235), as the exemplar of every State's Appendix KFederal | Mar. 6, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-010 | QSO-20-18-HHAGuidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group | United States (Medicare- and Medicaid-participating home health agencies)Sector regulator | Mar. 10, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-093 | CMS-9912-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule): 42 C.F.R. § 433.400 (FMAP maintenance-of-effort conditions); vaccine coverageAdditional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 71142 (Nov. 6, 2020) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS (with Treasury and Labor) | United States (State Medicaid programs; group health plans; providers)Federal | Nov. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-02-003 | Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (Mar. 18, 2020; updated Apr. 7, 2020)CMS Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations (Tier 1-3 framework) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesFederal | Apr. 7, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-FED-023 | 42 C.F.R. 483.80 (infection control; COVID-19 reporting; COVID-19 testing)§ 483.80 Infection control | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (condition of participation for long-term care facilities) | United StatesFederal | Oct. 4, 2016 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-001 | QSO-20-14-NH (REVISED)Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in nursing homes (REVISED) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group | United States (Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes)Sector regulator | Mar. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-024 | CMS press release, Aug. 18, 2021Biden-Harris Administration Takes Additional Action to Protect America's Nursing Home Residents from COVID-19 | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (press release) | United StatesFederal | Aug. 18, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Vaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-002 | QSO-20-39-NHNursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Survey and Certification Group | United States (Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes)Sector regulator | Sept. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-003 | QSO-20-39-NH REVISED 04/27/2021Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (REVISED) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group | United States (Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes)Sector regulator | Apr. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-011 | QSO-20-16-HospiceGuidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hospice Agencies | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United States (Medicare hospices)Sector regulator | Mar. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |