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According to a White House press release the Paycheck Protection Program will, for a period of 14 days, only be available to businesses with fewer than 20 employees. The 2-week period is scheduled to begin Wednesday, February 24, and is being implemented in an effort to make sure that these very small businesses do not get excluded from receiving money through the program.

In addition to that 2-week period to focus on very small businesses, other changes being made to the Paycheck Protection...

On Thursday, January 7, 2021, former HHS Secretary Alex Azar announced an extension of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). This PHE was initially declared on January 31, 2020 (with acknowledgement that it has existed since January 27th). Any PHE declaration can only last for 90 days at a time, but can be extended or renewed. It has already been renewed multiple time throughout 2020, and the 90 day extension that occurred in October 2020 was set to expire on or around January 21. There...

On Friday, October 2, 2020,  Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, renewed the Public Health Emergency (PHE) that went into effect on January 27, 2020 nationwide. This extension will be effective October 23, 2020. Click here to see the official renewal.

What does this mean for you?

On April 29, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its guidance regarding several emergency waivers related to Medicare and Medicaid policy and...