HHS pledged to provide 60 days’ notice if it opts to end the COVID-19 public health emergency, leaving healthcare providers awaiting word on Monday, Becker’s reports.
The American Hospital Association and 15 other national healthcare organizations are calling on HHS to maintain the PHE. In a May 10 letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, the organizations cited the continued risk from COVID-19 variants, as well as rising case rates in the U.S. The organizations requested that HHS maintain the public health emergency “until it is clear that the global pandemic has receded, and the capabilities authorized by the PHE are no longer necessary.”
Congressional Republicans have been urging President Joe Biden and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to end the declaration for months, penning a letter to them in February to end the declaration of COVID-19 as a public health emergency.
