Providers warn CMS against overly broad enforcement as agency pursues new Medicare disenrollment avenues

Long-term care and post-acute providers are cautioning CMS to avoid overly broad enforcement as the agency pursues new avenues for Medicare disenrollment. The agency's recent push to expedite enrollment revocation and disenrollment of 'problematic' providers, proposed earlier this month, is raising operational concerns. Providers argue that aggressive disenrollment actions could disrupt patient continuity and disproportionately affect facilities serving complex populations. The comment period for CMS's proposed enrollment safeguards closed July 1, 2026; track the agency's final rule and implementation timeline for any changes to provider enrollment risk.