Hospitals Get Help to Make Room for Influx of Virus Patients (2)

Hospitals will be able to care for Covid-19 patients in same-day surgery centers, hotels, dorms, and other locations, under changes announced Monday.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it is temporarily waiving regulations to give hospitals “maximum flexibility” to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The waived regulations will last as long as the public health emergency declaration does, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said in a call with reporters.

They will be able to put up new facilities to increase bed capacity. Public health researchers are concerned there will be a shortage of beds if the virus continues to ...