May 27, 2026 · 15 min · 9 segments
The May 13th federal and Ohio fraud prevention initiatives are bringing increased scrutiny to home care and hospice providers, with new enrollment moratoriums, enhanced payment suspension reviews, and…
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So starting at the federal level on May 13th, CMS announced a six-month nationwide moratorium on the new Medicare enrollment for home health agencies and hospices.
If you were in the process of enrolling a new agency or making certain changes to the majority ownership, that's gonna be on hold right now.
Yep, for a while.
Um, those moratoriums are typically issued in six-month batches.
They're extended in six-month batches.
They can be lifted at any point, but, um, you're probably in it for the next six months.
Yeah.
So if you're already enrolled, you're fine.
Don't panic.
Mm-hmm.
You're in the clear.
You can keep serving your current patients.
Yeah.
Nothing changes for existing providers.
What's frozen-
You just can't sell your agency right now, or have a change in majority ownership.
So if you own an agency and you were thinking about selling, no, no, no, no.
You don't get to do that right now.
So hold tight.
Strap in.
If you thought you were out of the game, they pulled you right back in.
Um, yeah, you're not able to sell it yet.
Yeah.
So what's frozen is new enrollment and ownership changes-
Mm-hmm.
So starting at the federal level on May 13th, CMS announced a six-month nationwide moratorium on the new Medicare enrollment for home health agencies and hospices.
If you were in the process of enrolling a new agency or making certain changes to the majority ownership, that's gonna be on hold right now.
Yep, for a while.
Um, those moratoriums are typically issued in six-month batches.
They're extended in six-month batches.
They can be lifted at any point, but, um, you're probably in it for the next six months.
Yeah.
So if you're already enrolled, you're fine.
Don't panic.
Mm-hmm.
You're in the clear.
You can keep serving your current patients.
Yeah.
Nothing changes for existing providers.
What's frozen-
You just can't sell your agency right now, or have a change in majority ownership.
So if you own an agency and you were thinking about selling, no, no, no, no.
You don't get to do that right now.
So hold tight.
Strap in.
If you thought you were out of the game, they pulled you right back in.
Um, yeah, you're not able to sell it yet.
Yeah.
So what's frozen is new enrollment and ownership changes-
Mm-hmm.
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