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CMS Approves Delaware’s 1135 Waiver Application

Director Stephen Groff announced that Delaware’s Divison of Medicaid and Medicare Assistance today received approval its requested Section 1135 waivers. Among the waivers are:

Temporary suspension of Medicaid fee-for-service preauthorization requirements

Extending pre-existing authorizations for which a beneficiary has previously received prior authorization through the end of the public health emergency

Suspension of pre-admission screening and annual resident review (PASSR) Level I and Level II Assessments for 30 days

Specifics are included in the Approval document below.

In the approval letter from CMS, Deputy Administrator and Director Calder Lynch noted that CMS has issued a blanket waiver for many Medicare provisions that effect requirements for individual facilities, including long-term care facilities. Specifics for skilled nursing facilities are included in the waiver document below.

DE 1135 Flexibilities Approval Letter 03 27 2020 – Signed

COVID19 CMS Blanket 1135 Waiver