U.K., Sept. 5 -- The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented disruption for the healthcare industry, forcing hospitals, organizations fighting infectious diseases, healthcare workers, social services and more to think about alternative ways of delivering medical services while adapting to the new environment. Michael F. Ruggio, partner at US legal firm Nelson Mullins, discusses the future of healthcare, online vs in person medical services, and healthcare fraud.
Under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) temporary new rules, hospitals will now be able to "transfer patients to outside facilities such as ambulatory surgery centers, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, hotels, and dormitories, while still receiving hospital...