Six-Month Medicare Moratorium Halts New Hospice Enrollments to Fight Fraud
TL;DR
The Trump administration announced a six-month moratorium on new Medicare enrollments for hospice and home-health agencies to curb fraud, with no new licenses issued while existing providers remain. CMS will conduct targeted investigations and speed up removal of suspected fraudsters, a move that follows prior probes into hospice fraud and Medicaid anti-fraud funding concerns across states.
- Trump administration pauses Medicare enrollments for hospice providers amid fraud investigations CBS News
- Trump Administration Will Withhold $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California The New York Times
- US freezes Medicare enrollments for new home healthcare and hospice providers Reuters
- The US in Brief: A bitter pill for California The Economist
- Vance, Dr. Oz cite fraud and improper billing in halting new Medicare agency enrollments WGME
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