Tag: state moratoriums

Home Health Market Saturation Falls in Moratorium States, Jumps Elsewhere

The number of home health care users fell in all four moratorium states – Texas, Michigan, Illinois, and Florida – but jumped sharply elsewhere, often in the west and in more rural states, from October 2016 to October 2017. The reduction in home health users in the moratorium states varied from a 10.6 percent drop…

CMS Expands Demonstration Program That Waives HHA Moratoria

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a revision of an existing demonstration program that authorizes a waiver of the moratoria on new home health agencies (HHAs) under limited circumstances. The revised demonstration permits an applicant for Medicare participations as an HHA to be enrolled in Medicare to provide services in a moratoria-designated…

CMS Extends Moratoria on New Home Health Agencies in Key States

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today it will extend and implement temporary enrollment moratoria on home health agencies (HHAs) for all counties in the states of  Florida, Illinois, Michigan, and Texas, as well as Part B non-emergency ground ambulance providers and suppliers for all counties in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The…