CMS Chief Advises Separate Non-COVID-19 Wards At Hospitals To Allow Device-Related Elective Surgeries To Resume
Executive Summary
To get on with the business of providing non-coronavirus procedures – including elective surgeries involving replacement joints and other non-emergency care – at US health care facilities, Medicare agency chief Seema Verma is advising hospitals and outpatient facilities to establish non-COVID-19 care (NCC) zones.
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