42 CFR § 498.79 - Timeframes for deciding an enrollment appeal before an ALJ.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s498.79"
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title: "42 CFR § 498.79 - Timeframes for deciding an enrollment appeal before an ALJ."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "498.79"
section_name: "Timeframes for deciding an enrollment appeal before an ALJ."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "498"
part_name: "APPEALS PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINATIONS THAT AFFECT PARTICIPATION IN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM AND FOR DETERMINATIONS THAT AFFECT THE PARTICIPATION OF ICFs/IID AND CERTAIN NFs IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, 1320a-7j, and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 22446, June 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "498"
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# 498.79 Timeframes for deciding an enrollment appeal before an ALJ.
When a request for an ALJ hearing is filed after CMS or a FFS contractor has denied an enrollment application, the ALJ must issue a decision, dismissal order or remand to CMS, as appropriate, no later than the end of the 180-day period beginning from the date the appeal was filed with an ALJ.
[73 FR 36463, June 27, 2008]