Coronavirus: CMS suspends rules to boost frontline staff

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has temporarily suspended a number of rules aimed at boosting frontline staff at healthcare facilities battling the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, according to a news release.

The release says the changes will affect doctors, nurses, and other clinicians across the country by reducing supervision and certification requirements allowing practitioners to be hired quickly and work to the fullest extent of their licenses through new waivers.

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