HHS Secretary Azar Declares Public Health Emergencies in North Carolina and South Carolina Due to Hurricane Florence
Following the lead of
"Hurricane Florence is an intense storm and is predicted to be highly destructive, which poses a significant threat to the health and safety of those in its path," Secretary Azar said. "These actions help ensure that Americans who rely on Medicare and Medicaid have continuous access to the care they need when the storm makes landfall."
In addition to making these declarations to increase the flexibility in providing services to, and assistance for, CMS beneficiaries, HHS strategically pre-positioned approximately 230 medical personnel from the National Disaster Medical System and their caches of medical equipment in
HHS staff from the
ASPR and CMS also coordinated to provide information to
Secretary Azar acted under his authority in the Public Health Service Act and Social Security Act in declaring the public health emergency and authorizing flexibilities for CMS beneficiaries. These actions and flexibilities are retroactive to
Public health and safety information for Hurricane Florence can be found on the HHS emergency website, https://www.phe.gov/emergency/events/2018-Severe-Storms/Pages/default.aspx
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