The federal government has imposed a six-month nationwide freeze on new hospice and home health providers in Medicare as part of a sweeping crackdown on fraud . In coordination with Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) move is intended to prevent fraudulent operators from entering the system and to strengthen oversight of existing providers in a sector flagged as high risk. While current providers can continue serving patients,