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US freezes Medicare enrollments for new home health care and hospice providers

Colorado Springs Gazette·Reuters·20 days ago
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The Trump administration will block new home health care and hospice providers from enrolling in Medicare for at least the next six months, according to a government statement posted on Wednesday, citing concerns about widespread fraud. The moratorium will temporarily bar new providers in those categories from signing up for reimbursement from Medicare, the government health insurance program for Americans 65 and older and those with disabilities. It will not impact providers already registered with Medicare, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees the program. It is the latest move by Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force that aims to crack down on health care scams. The U.S. government has for years tried to tackle fraudulent payments from Medicare to hospice and home health care providers. Scammers can bill Medicare for hospice or home health care services that the patient doesn’t need or want, allowing them to rake in millions of dollars from the U.S.…

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