The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has informed AHCA that the mandatory off-cycle SNF provider enrollment revalidation deadline of January 1, 2026, has been suspended indefinitely. CMS is not announcing a new compliance date at this time and will post a formal notice in the coming days.
SNF providers that have not yet submitted their off-cycle provider enrollment revalidations should await the upcoming formal CMS announcement in the next few days. It may contain additional important details about next steps. We will share that information when it becomes available.
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 the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) provider enrollment helpdesk for further guidance if there are systems-related problems that may impact meeting the stated response deadline.
It is important to remember that the underlying SNF provider enrollment reporting policies have not changed. Every effort should be taken to assure the needed data elements regarding ownership and operational and managerial control disclosable entities and individuals are available to submit once further CMS guidance is issued.