Effective January 31, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has issued a temporary moratoria for the enrollment of home health agencies in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Detroit, Michigan; Dallas, Texas; and Houston, Texas. CMS also announced it is extending the current enrollment moratoria in Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida for another six months. The initial use of the temporary moratoria on July 1, 2013 focused on three fraud “hot spot” areas.
Existing providers and suppliers can continue to deliver and bill for services, but no new provider and supplier applications will be approved in these areas. During this period, CMS has indicated it does not believe the moratoria will affect access to care.
The six-month extension of the moratoria in these areas and the imposition of new moratoria in the additional counties appeared in the February 4, 2014 Federal Register and can be downloaded here. CMS may lift the moratoria earlier or extend it another six months by issuing another Federal Register.
Should you have any questions, please contact:
- Todd Selby at 317.977.1440 or tselby@wp.hallrender.com;
- Robert Markette at 317.977.1454 or rmarkette@wp.hallrender.com;
- Kendra Conover at 317.977.1456 or kconover@wp.hallrender.com; or
- Your regular Hall Render attorney.
