CMS Claims Hold update Amid Ongoing Government Shutdown

Published: 10/23/2025

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an update about the claims hold for government health care programs.

  • CMS instructed all Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to lift the claims hold and process claims with dates of service of October 1, 2025, and later for certain services impacted by select expired Medicare legislative payment provisions passed under the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Pub. L. 119-4, Mar. 15, 2025). Thi

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