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Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers</font></a>), </span>further liberalizes the Medicare rules on reimbursement for audio-only telehealth; and</div><div><br></div><div>(8) updates of the links to the various approved COVID-19-related Medicaid 1115 Appendix K waivers and State Plan Amendments.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay well and stay safe.<br></div><span id="GWSignatureSent" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; display: block;"><span style="display: block;"><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; display: inline-block; -ms-word-wrap: normal;">
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Stuart Yael Gordon<br>Senior Director of Policy & Communications<br>National Association of State Mental<br> Health Program Directors<br>66 Canal Center Plaza<br>Suite 302<br>Alexandria, VA 22314</font></div><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">703-682-7552<br>cell: 443-808-5203 or 716-994-4029</font></font></div></span></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 5px; display: block;"><br></span><br>
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