Healthcare groups criticized CMS for giving them just a few weeks to review and comment on the proposed rule and excluding Medicare Advantage plans from the requirements. The changes will phase in from 2023 through 2024.

Under Biden's multipronged strategy, about $400 billion would go directly to combating the pandemic, while the rest is focused on economic relief and aid to states and localities.

HHS is eliminating certification requirements for clinicians to prescribe the medication-assisted drug therapy buprenorphine in an effort to expand treatment access.

As she prepares to leave office next week, CMS Administrator Seema Verma fervently defends the Trump administration's efforts to adopt policies that will "reverberate" across the industry.