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CMS imposes sweeping hospice and home services moratorium

A photo of CMS Administrator Mehmet OZ speaking at a podium while JD Vance looks on behind him.
Mehmet Oz takes the podium as JD Vance looks on. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Kevin Kinsella

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The agency’s six month freeze on new hospice and home health enrollments draws sharp pushback from providers who say the nationwide scope goes too far.

A six‑month nationwide moratorium on new Medicare enrollments for hospice and home health agencies has been imposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as part of an expanded federal crackdown on fraud.

The freeze, announced May 13, halts all new applications and certain ownership changes while

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