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The pause is on hospice and home health organizations that want to be paid by Medicare.
It's not a pause for individual Medicare patients who need that care, and it's not a pause for existing hospice and home health groups.
This is the second such moratorium announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
In February, the agency announced a six-month pause for new suppliers of certain durable medical equipment.
The Trump administration has tried a variety of ways to reduce fraud and abuse in federal health programs.
The decision for this moratorium earned praise from leading age,
a coalition of thousands of nonprofits serving older adults.
Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.
The pause is on hospice and home health organizations that want to be paid by Medicare.
It's not a pause for individual Medicare patients who need that care, and it's not a pause for existing hospice and home health groups.
This is the second such moratorium announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
In February, the agency announced a six-month pause for new suppliers of certain durable medical equipment.
The Trump administration has tried a variety of ways to reduce fraud and abuse in federal health programs.
The decision for this moratorium earned praise from Leading Age, a coalition of thousands of nonprofits serving older adults.
Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.
The case comes from the state of Louisiana.
It argued that the Food and Drug Administration allowing telemedicine access to Mifepristone undermines its abortion ban.
Earlier this month, a panel of federal appeals court judges agreed with the state and ended telemedicine access.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito paused that decision for one week and has now extended that pause for three more days.
That means patients can continue to receive Mifepristone by mail at least until Thursday and