# Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs: Announcement of the Provider Enrollment Moratoria Access Waiver Demonstration of Part B Non-Emergency Ground Ambulance Suppliers and Home Health Agencies in Moratoria-Designated Geographic Locations
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Implementation of the waiver demonstration. · Published 2016-08-03 · Effective 2016-07-29 · 81 FR 51116
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-18381
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 51116
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 405
- **Publication date:** 2016-08-03
- **Effective date:** 2016-07-29
- **HHS docket:** CMS-6073-N
## Abstract

This notice announces the Provider Enrollment Moratoria Access Waiver Demonstration of Part B Non-Emergency Ground Ambulance Suppliers and Home Health Agencies in 6 states. The demonstration is being implemented in accordance with section 402 of the Social Security Amendments of 1967 and gives CMS the authority to grant waivers to the statewide enrollment moratoria on a case-by-case basis in response to access to care issues, and to subject providers and suppliers enrolling via such waivers to heightened screening, oversight, and investigations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/03/2016-18381/medicare-medicaid-and-childrens-health-insurance-programs-announcement-of-the-provider-enrollment)
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