Tag: Non-essential Surgical Guidelines

Non-essential Surgical Guidelines

COVID-19 Causes CMS to Issue Non-essential Surgery Guidelines

CMS wants all providers to cancel or postpone all low-acuity surgeries. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is limiting “all non-essential planned surgeries and procedures, including dental, until further notice,” according to statement the agency released March 18. This measure is designed to have a twofold effect: increase the amount of ventilators and […]