CMS’s new nationwide moratorium on hospice and home health agency enrollments is an immediate M&A disruptor. For the next six months, and potentially longer, any deal structure requiring a new Medicare enrollment number (or triggering a new Medicare provider agreement) is effectively off the table. Only change of information (COI)-eligible equity deals, carefully calibrated against the 36-month rule, can preserve Medicare billing without interruption. Expect delayed deal closings, renegotiated terms and structures as buyers model moratorium scenarios extending past November 2026.
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Source: https://www.nixonpeabody.com/insights/alerts/2026/05/14/cms-hospice-and-home-health-agency-moratorium-impact-on-ma-and-ownership-changes