Home Health Groups Urge CMS to Let Medicare Enrollment Moratorium Expire
LeadingAge and the National Alliance for Care at Home submitted letters asking CMS not to extend the Medicare home health enrollment moratorium as its expiration approaches. The groups, including LeadingAge which previously supported the freeze, are now calling for more targeted enforcement measures instead of a blanket moratorium. The moratorium has restricted new Medicare-certified home health agencies from entering the market. The shift reflects provider concerns that broad enrollment freezes limit beneficiary access while failing to address fraud effectively.
Medicare enrollment restrictions can drive state Medicaid agencies and MCOs to adopt similar policies, affecting Medicaid home health network capacity and LTSS access, particularly in dual-eligible populations where Medicare and Medicaid home health services overlap.
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