tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 27

SPECIALTY HOSPITALS: Goodbye, Moratorium...Hello, Prohibitions

New set of restrictions parallel the just-lifted moratorium.Just as specialty hospitals were breathing a sigh of relief when the 18-month moratorium ended on June 8, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services put up a few more roadblocks.CMS froze approvals for new physician-owned specialty hospitals beginning June 9 and ending in January 2006, essentially extending the moratorium until the end ofthe year. The agency is hoping this gives Congress more time to pass strict legislation on specialty hospitals.CMS instructed its regional offices and survey agencies to suspend specialty hospital Medicare enrollment applications submitted after the moratorium's...

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