Marci Love

Billed as an effort to combat fraud and protect program integrity, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has imposed six‑month nationwide temporary enrollment moratoria on new Medicare hospices and home health agencies (HHAs). The moratoria, which took effect May 13, 2026, allow CMS to temporarily halt the enrollment of these new providers for six months, although CMS has authority to extend one or both moratoria for additional six-month periods as necessary.

Billed as an effort to combat fraud and protect program integrity, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has imposed six‑month nationwide temporary enrollment moratoria on new Medicare hospices and home health agencies (HHAs). The...