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        <RIN>0938-AG80</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>0938</CODE>
            <NAME>Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>CMS</ACRONYM>
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        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>0900</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Health and Human Services</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>HHS</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Physicians&apos; Referrals to Health Care Entities With Which They Have Financial Relationships--Expanded to Designated Health Services (BPD-809-P)</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[This proposed rule would provide that a physician who has (or whose family member has) a financial relationship with a health care entity may not make referrals to that entity for certain services (designated health services) under the Medicare program, except under specified circumstances. In the Medicaid context, this proposed rule would deny payment to a State for expenditures for designated health services furnished on the basis of a physician referral that, all things being equal, would result in denial of payment under Medicare. The provisions of the proposed rule are based on sections 13562 and 13624 of OBRA '93 of OBRA '93.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>42 CFR 411.351 to 411.361</CFR>
            <CFR>42 CFR 435.1012</CFR>
            <CFR>42 CFR 455.108</CFR>
            <CFR>42 CFR 455.109</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 1302</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 1395hh</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 1395nn</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 1396b</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/00/1997</TTBL_DATE>
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        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>BPD-809</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Yes</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Joanne</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Sinsheimer</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Technical Advisor</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0938</CODE>
                    <NAME>Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>CMS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>410 786-4620</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Center for Medicare Management, Chronic Care Policy Group, C4-25-02, 7500 Security Boulevard,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Baltimore</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>21244</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
        <REINVENT_GOVT>No</REINVENT_GOVT>
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