Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs: Announcement of the Extension and Modification of the Nationwide Temporary Moratorium on Enrollment of Home Health Agencies

Federal Register

Nov 13, 2026

Pre-publication notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announcing the extension and modification of the temporary moratorium on the Medicare enrollment of new home health agencies (HHAs). The extended moratorium will only apply to initially enrolling HHAs and not to the additions of HHA branches. This extension and modification is effective November 12, 2026.

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