Six-month Medicare enrollment freeze targets hospice and home health to curb fraud

The Trump administration's CMS announced a six-month nationwide moratorium on new Medicare enrollments for hospice and home-health agencies to thwart fraud, while continuing investigations and removals of fraudulent providers; existing providers remain in operation, and the move is part of a broader anti-fraud push led by VP JD Vance, amid concerns about access and potential impacts on compliant providers.