Here’s the latest I can share based on recent reporting:
- CMS announced a six-month nationwide enrollment moratorium on new hospice and home health providers to curb fraud and abuse. The pause applies to new Medicare enrollments and certain ownership changes, but does not affect current patients or existing providers delivering services.[1][3]
- The moratorium began around May 13, 2026, and is part of a broader anti-fraud effort tied to federal enforcement initiatives, including coordination with an anti-fraud task force. Existing providers and patient enrollments are not blocked by the pause, which is designed to give CMS time to strengthen oversight and remove fraudulent providers from the program.[3][1]
- Coverage and interpretations in coverage, including commentary from various outlets, reiterate that the policy targets new entrants into hospice and home health enrollments and does not halt ongoing services for current beneficiaries.[2][1][3]
If you want, I can pull together a concise briefing with the key dates, who’s affected, and potential implications for your organization or patients, and I’ll add direct links to the source articles. I can also monitor for updates and provide a short summary whenever CMS issues new guidance.
Sources
Rumors have circulated that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is mulling a national moratorium on hospice provider enrollment in
hospicenews.comCMS Enrollment MoratoriumCMS Freezes New Hospice and Home Health Enrollments Nationwide Industry leaders support fraud enforcement efforts but warn a broad moratorium could strain patient access and limit provider growth in vulnerable communities. A new six-month federal enrollment freeze aimed...
members.thinkhomecare.orgThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the six-month temporary suspension of enrollment of providers of hospice and home health agency services on Wednesday, in another administrative move to clamp down on fraud, waste and abuse.
www.washingtontimes.comA group of state hospice associations have expressed mounting concerns that a rumored national moratorium prohibiting new provider enrollments could
hospicenews.comThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a nationwide six-month moratorium on new Medicare enrollments for hospice and home health agencies as part of an aggressive effort to combat fraud, waste, and abuse within the industry. According to CMS, the temporary freeze is intended to prevent fraudulent providers from entering the Medicare system while federal investigators intensify oversight and enforcement activities across the country. Existing Medicare-certified...
www.healthcaresynergy.comThe Trump administration will block new home healthcare and hospice providers from enrolling in Medicare for at least the next six months, a nationwide pause that takes aim at a sector where federal officials say fraud has spread too far. The moratorium will temporarily bar new providers in those categories from signing up for Medicare reimbursement, but it will not affect companies already registered. The move lands on May 13, 2026, and it puts the federal government’s fraud crackdown...
www.mogazmasr.comThe Trump administration announced a six-month moratorium on Medicare enrollment for hospices and home health agencies in an effort to crack down on alleged rampant fraud across the service category.
news.bloomberglaw.comWith Hospice Fraud and Abuse in the West, NPHI Argues Temporary Pause is Critical to Preventing Fraudulent Operators Exploiting the Medicare Hospice Benefit
apnews.comThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it will pause the enrollment of new hospice and home health providers.
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