CMS extends Medicare enrollment moratoria on home health and hospice providers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 12 announced a six-month extension to its nationwide moratoria preventing Medicare enrollment of new home health agencies and hospice providers. The agency announced its initial six-month pause in May. In response to that announcement, the AHA said it had concerns “about subjecting entire categories of providers or claims to restrictions due to the actions of a limited number of bad actors.”