Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is granting exceptions under certain Medicare quality reporting and value-based purchasing programs located in areas affected by the Texas Severe Winter Storm to assist these providers while they direct their resources toward caring for their patients and repairing structural damages to facilities.
For further information about these exceptions, please check the downloads section on the program-specific web pages:
- Home Health Quality Reporting Reconsideration and Exception & Extension
- Hospice Quality Reporting Extensions and Exemption Requests
- IRF Quality Reporting Reconsideration and Exception & Extension
- LTCH Quality Reporting Reconsideration and Exception & Extension
- SNF Quality Reporting Reconsideration and Exception & Extension
2021-04-16 FEMA Exception Memo Texas Winter Storm_508_PDF is the direct link to this FEMA memo.
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