Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is nearing the end of a nationwide site visit project to determine whether hospices are operational at the address listed in the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS), as 93.5% of all locations are complete. Upon the completion of the project, CMS will provide results on the number of providers visited and the enforcement actions taken.

In this process, CMS has identified several hospices that appear to be non-operational or failed to update their new location in PECOS. They are further reviewing those hospices for potential administrative action. LeadingAge members have asked about visitors to their offices; those visits have been part of this process.