CMS has extended the nationwide moratoria on home health and hospice enrollment until May 2027. However, currently enrolled providers will be able to add new practice locations within their existing enrollment.
“We’ve made real progress over the past six months, but fraud in hospice and home health persists and our work isn’t finished,” CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said in a statement. “Medicare beneficiaries deserve protection from these bad actors, and American taxpayers need to know the programs they rely on aren’t being bled dry by fraudsters.”
According to CMS, extending the moratoria for an additional six months will allow officials to continue to monitor providers for indicators of fraud, and, when appropriate, take administrative actions such as payment suspension and revocation.
CMS notes a two-day operation in October targeting home health and hospice providers in California resulted in 145 revocations of providers associated with more than $703 million in Medicare and Medicaid payments.
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