3 focused guides in this cluster. Use the individual articles for the exact transaction rather than treating the entire payer/onboarding workflow as one status.
Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers enroll as institutional providers through CMS-855A rather than the CMS-855B group-supplier form. The different enrollment type changes the application path and can affect screening and processing expectations.
READ GUIDE ↗Newly enrolling home health agencies and hospices are High categorical risk under current Medicare screening rules. Separately, CMS imposed a nationwide temporary enrollment moratorium on new HHA and hospice enrollments effective May 13, 2026, so screening readiness and moratorium eligibility must be checked as separate gates.
READ GUIDE ↗DMEPOS suppliers use CMS-855S and remain a High categorical risk category, but the six-month temporary nationwide DMEPOS enrollment moratorium that began February 27, 2026 expired August 27, 2026. Verify current CMS restrictions before treating an initial supplier application as blocked.
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