US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-01, ch. 7, § 30.30.1.3
Disposition For Paper-Only Medicare Records
The contractor cuts off the file at the close of the calendar year in which the claim was paid, then
transfers the paper records to inactive storage. The paper records must be retained until CMS
notifies you the freeze is lifted.
History
(Rev. 38, Issued: 05-26-06, Effective: 06-26-06, Implementation: 06-26-06)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
b4434b62987a8871f7232a6ebbfdf25e828f51f09c52efb702af7db7b4156d6d
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