In some press around the March 30 "Interim final rulemaking" loosening a wide range of Medicare regulations in the name of COVID response, I read that enrollment procedures, like fingerprinting, had been expedited.
This wasn't in the actual IFR (here).
Some links that include "fingerprinting" from March 2020.
Main CMS PDF here:
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/provider-enrollment-relief-faqs-covid-19.pdf
It's difficult to be sure but I think the enrollment waivers date to March 13:
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-takes-action-nationwide-aggressively-respond-coronavirus-national-emergency
MWE law firm has a full summary here:
https://www.mwe.com/insights/cms-dramatically-modifies-and-expedites-the-medicare-enrollment-process-to-combat-covid-19/
Per MWE, the rapid enrollment special track is focused on MD and non-physician providers (physician assistants, etc).
There's a Medlearn Matters, updated March 20, but it doesn't say much about Enrollment:
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/se20011.pdf
There's a March 16 summary at APTA:
https://www.apta.org/PTinMotion/News/2020/03/16/CMSWaivers1135/
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