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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AT64 Publication ID: Spring 2020 
Title: Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations (CMS-1720) 
Abstract:

This rule will address any undue regulatory impact and burden of the physician self-referral law.

 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 411   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395w–101   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  MMA sec. 902 requires Medicare final rules publish within 3 years of a proposed or interim final rule.  10/17/2022 

Overall Description of Deadline: Per the CMS notice published December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78442), except for certain Medicare payment regulations and certain other statutorily-mandated regulations, we schedule all Medicare final regulations for publication within the 3-year standardized time limit in the current Unified Agenda. We do not intend to delay publishing a Medicare final regulation for 3 years if we are able to publish it sooner.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
RFI Notice With Comment Period  06/25/2018  83 FR 29524   
RFI Comment Period End  08/28/2018 
NPRM  10/17/2019  84 FR 55766   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/31/2019 
Final Action  08/00/2020 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Lisa O. Wilson
Senior Technical Advisor
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Center for Medicare, MS: C4-25-02, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244
Phone:410 786-8852
Email: lisa.wilson2@cms.hhs.gov