According to the article by Wayne van Halem:
"The news that CMS planned to resume audits by Aug. 3 took many by surprise. Then CMS said it would resume audits in a phased approach. What are the details and what can providers expect?
Very quietly, in a document released in July, ironically entitled “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Provider Burden Relief Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs),” CMS announced that audits would resume on Aug. 3, regardless of the state of the Public Health Emergency (PHE). This news took quite a few by surprise, including me. While we all knew audit activity would not be ceased forever, all the other waivers that CMS announced were to be in place for the duration of the PHE, which is still in effect now through the end of September. I guess many of us assumed that would be the case with audits as well."
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