CMS is extending -- for another 6 months -- its current enrollment moratoria for new ground ambulance suppliers and home health agencies (HHAs) in designated metropolitan areas. The moratoria, which affect enrollment in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program, apply to new ground ambulances in the Houston and Philadelphia metropolitan areas and new HHAs in the metropolitan areas of Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Chicago, Detroit, Dallas, and Houston. CMS discusses its rationale for extending the enrollment moratoria, including the factors suggesting a high risk of fraud, waste, or abuse, in a notice to be published on February 2, 2015. The extension is effective January 29, 2015. CMS may lift the moratoria before the end of the 6-month period or announce additional extensions.
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