On March 20, 2020, ADvancing States partnered with the National Association of Medicaid Directors and the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services on a joint letter to Congressional Leadership. This letter highlights the strain COVID-19 has placed on state agencies and requests a delay in in the deadline for implementing Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) requirements that were included in the 21st Century Cures Act. The purposed recommendation is to delay the effective date of the Cures Act EVV penalties by no less than one year.

Click here to read the letter.