Medicare program; expedited determination procedures for provider service terminations. Final rule with comment period.
This final rule with comment period responds to comments on one discrete aspect of the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2002. The portion of that proposed rule addressed here involves the expedited determination and reconsideration procedures available to beneficiaries when a provider informs them of a decision that Medicare coverage of their provider services is about to end.
D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D016365:Liability, Legal; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States