# Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs: Announcement of the Extension of Temporary Moratoria on Enrollment of Part B Non-Emergency Ground Ambulance Suppliers and Home Health Agencies in Designated Geographic Locations
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Extension of temporary moratoria. · Published 2018-08-02 · 83 FR 37747
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-16547
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 37747
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 424
- **Publication date:** 2018-08-02
- **HHS docket:** CMS-6059-N9
## Abstract

This document announces the extension of statewide temporary moratoria on the enrollment of new Medicare Part B non-emergency ground ambulance providers and suppliers and Medicare home health agencies and branch locations in Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Texas, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, as applicable, to prevent and combat fraud, waste, and abuse. This extension also applies to the enrollment of new non- emergency ground ambulance suppliers and home health agencies and branch locations in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program in those states.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/02/2018-16547/medicare-medicaid-and-childrens-health-insurance-programs-announcement-of-the-extension-of-temporary)
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