Alerts11.6.23
CMS Extends 36-Month Rule to Hospice Transactions
Highlights
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized its decision to apply the 36-month rule to hospice providers, according to its final 2024 home health rule
Absent the availability of a limited exception, the rule prohibits changes in majority ownership of hospice providers within 36 months of initial enrollment or the most recent change in ownership
This rule expansion is expected to complicate hospice transactions and will be a critical element of due diligence review
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its 2024 home health rule, which amends the long-standing “36-month” rule to include hospice providers.
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