CMS Announces Six-Month Hospice and Home Health Agency Enrollment Moratoria
Published: 05/13/2026
Sources:
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Hospice,
- Rural Health Clinics
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing a six-month, nationwide data-driven moratoria on new Medicare enrollment for hospices and home health agencies (HHAs). The moratoria will allow CMS to temporarily halt the influx of new providers into these high-risk categories, a key source of fraudulent activity according to CMS.
This moratorium is effective May 13, 2026.
During the six-month moratoria, CMS will intensify targeted investigations, deploy advanced data analytic…
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