Biden administration to end COVID-19 public health emergency in May

The Biden administration has informed Congress it will end the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies May 11 — signaling an end to the pandemic’s crisis era and an unwinding of federal flexibilities that reshaped the nation’s healthcare system. 

“At present, the administration’s plan is to extend the emergency declarations to May 11, and then end both emergencies on that date,” the Office of Management and Budget said in a Jan. 30 statement. “This wind-down would align with the administration’s previous commitments to give at least 60 days’ notice prior to termination of the PHE.”

Starting April 1, states will begin redetermining who is and is not eligible for Medicaid, a process that could leave up to 18 million people without health coverage over the span of about a year.

Source: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/biden-administration-to-end-covid-19-public-health-emergency-in-may.html