CMS Suspends SNF Provider Enrollment Revalidation Deadline Indefinitely (SNF)

As we previously shared, on December 4, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) informed our national affiliate — the American Health Care Association (AHCA) — that the mandatory off-cycle SNF provider enrollment revalidation deadline of January 1, 2026, is suspended indefinitely. CMS has not announced a new compliance date and will post a formal notice in the coming days.

Over the past year, SNF providers have experienced various challenges with meeting complex and extensive new provider enrollment reporting requirements. AHCA expressed concern about these issues to CMS, which resulted in three deadline extensions in 2025. In addition, over the past several weeks, hundreds of AHCA members reported new, serious technical problems with the CMS PECOS provider enrollment system. AHCA escalated these issues to CMS officials seeking resolution and requesting a suspension of the January 1, 2026, compliance deadline so these issues could be resolved.

Provider Next Steps:

• SNF providers that have not yet submitted their off-cycle provider enrollment revalidations should be on the lookout for the upcoming formal CMS announcement in the next few days. It may contain additional important details about next steps.
• SNF providers that have previously submitted their provider enrollment Form CMS-855A information via PECOS or paper submission and received a request for more information to be submitted by a certain date, should still submit that requested information by the specified due date. Contact your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) provider enrollment helpline for further guidance if there are systems-related problems that may impact meeting the stated response deadline.

Remember: The underlying SNF provider enrollment reporting policies have not changed. Every effort should be made to assure that the needed data elements regarding ownership and operational/managerial control disclosable entities and individuals are available to submit once further CMS guidance is issued. Questions? Email HCAM’s Mike Batts.