Current emergencies

Current emergencies

Hurricane Idalia – Georgia (2023)  

Secretary Becerra used his authority in the Public Health Service Act to declare a public health emergency (PHE) on September 12, 2023, giving us the flexibility to support our beneficiaries in Georgia, effective retrospectively since August 30, 2023. 

Hurricane Idalia – Florida (2023)  

Secretary Becerra used his authority in the Public Health Service Act to declare a public health emergency (PHE) on August 30, 2023, giving us the flexibility to support our beneficiaries in Florida, effective retrospectively since August 27, 2023. 

Wildfires - Hawaii (2023)

Secretary Becerra used his authority in the Public Health Service Act to declare a public health emergency (PHE) on August 11, 2023, giving us the flexibility to support our beneficiaries in Hawaii, effective retrospectively since August 8, 2023. As a result of the continued consequences of the wildfires, a PHE extension has been signed on October 31, 2023, allowing us to continue to support our beneficiaries in Hawaii, for an additional 90 days if needed.

Typhoon Mawar - Guam (2023)  

Secretary Becerra used his authority in the Public Health Service Act to declare a public health emergency (PHE) on June 2, 2023, giving us the flexibility to support our beneficiaries in Guam, effective retrospectively since May 22, 2023. 

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (2020-2023)

Archived Waivers and Flexibilities related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (PHE) can be found at: https://www.cms.gov/about-cms/agency-information/emergency/epro/past-emergencies/infectious-disease

Update 5/12/2023: The federal PHE for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, expired at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Learn more by reading Frequently Asked Questions: CMS Waivers, Flexibilities, and the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PDF) (PDF Updated 5/19/2023).

On Thursday, December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law H.R. 2716, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) for Fiscal Year 2023.

This legislation provides more than $1.7 trillion to fund various aspects of the federal government, including an extension of the major telehealth waivers and the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) individual waiver that were initiated during the federal public health emergency (PHE). Additionally, on January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced its intent to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations on May 11, 2023, related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CMS is committed to updating supporting resources and providing updates as soon as possible. Please continue to use the provider-specific fact sheets for information about COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) waivers and flexibilities: https://www.cms.gov/coronavirus-waivers.

Find information and updates about current non-COVID natural disasters, man-made incidents (including cyber-attacks), and public health emergencies. Or, find more information about ongoing or past emergencies.

2020-2023

Coronavirus Disease 2019

When a national emergency was declared on March 13, 2020, we took action nationwide to aggressively respond to COVID-19

The Public Health Service Act was used to declare a public health emergency (PHE) in the entire United States on January 31, 2020 giving us the flexibility to support our beneficiaries, effective January 27, 2020.  The PHE was renewed on April 21, 2020July 23, 2020October 2, 2020January 7, 2021April 15, 2021July 19, 2021October 15, 2021January 7, 2022April 12, 2022 effective April 16, 2022, July 15, 2022, October 13, 2022January 11, 2023, and February 9, 2023.

Get waiver & flexibility information, apply for an 1135 waiver, or find COVID-19 vaccine policies & guidance

General information & updates:

  • USA.gov has the latest information about what the U.S. Government is doing in response to COVID-19.
  • CDC.gov/coronavirus has the latest public health and safety information from CDC and for the overarching medical and health provider community on COVID-19.

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11/07/2023 10:59 AM