CMS Suspends SNF Provider Enrollment Revalidation Deadline Indefinitely
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) informed AHCA that the mandatory off-cycle SNF provider enrollment revalidation deadline of January 1, 2026, has been suspended indefinitely. AHCA has been regularly advocating to CMS about this deadline, and we appreciate the agency granting our request for relief given the many difficulties providers have faced recently and throughout the process. CMS is not announcing a new compliance date at this time and will post a formal notice in the coming days.
Why This is Happening
Over the past year, SNF providers have experienced various challenges with meeting the complex and extensive new provider enrollment reporting requirements. AHCA advocated to CMS about these issues, which resulted in three prior deadline extensions in 2025.
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. We voiced concerns about the additional burdens impacted providers are facing, and the significant risk of payment suspensions should they not meet the reporting deadline due to these systems issues. AHCA appreciates that CMS recognized the significance of the current issues and agreed to an indefinite compliance deadline suspension.
What Providers Should Do
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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. AHCA will share that information when it becomes available.
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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.
AHCA will continue our advocacy efforts to seek more rational regulations and streamline reporting requirements, including related to the SNF provider enrollment policies. But today’s news is an encouraging step in the right direction.
Please contact the AHCA SNF provider enrollment revalidation helpdesk with any questions.
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