Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS):
Recommendations Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare
As states and localities begin to stabilize and COVID-19-related healthcare demand decreases, it is important to safely resume care in order to treat ongoing health needs that are currently being postponed. Guidelines for Opening Up America Again are still applicable to all areas, and can be found at the following link: https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/#criteria.
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Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare
Re-Opening America:
What Patients Should Know About Seeking Healthcare
As areas of the United States experience a decline in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, healthcare providers and facilities are preparing to re-open to all health care services. During the height of the pandemic, many organizations had postponed non-emergency, non-Covid-19 care in order to ensure capacity to care for Covid-19 patients and to preserve supplies, such as masks and ventilators. Moving forward, hospitals and physicians must be prepared to not only care for Covid-19 patients (including any surge in cases), but also to resume all healthcare that was postponed due to the pandemic. Patients have ongoing medical needs, may require preventive services such as vaccinations, or may have rescheduled surgeries that were postponed due to the public emergency.
