title: Medicare program; physicians' referrals to health care entities with which they have financial relations (Phase II); continuation of effectiveness and extension of timeline for publication of final rule. Interim final rule; continuation of effectiveness and extension of timeline for publication of final rule.
abstract: This notice announces the continuation of effectiveness of a Medicare interim final rule and the extension of the timeline for publication of the final rule. This notice is issued in accordance with section 1871(a)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act (the Act), which allows an interim final rule to remain in effect after the expiration of the timeline specified in section 1871(a)(3)(B) of the Act if the Secretary publishes a notice of continuation prior to the expiration of the timeline.
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018584:Physician Self-Referral / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States