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CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 12, § 90.5.7
Administrative and Judicial Review
January 1, 2005 for the coding, testing, and implementation phases for the MCS
Maintainer and A/B MACs (B)
January 1, 2005 for all phases for the VIPS Maintainers and A/B MACs (B))
Per Section 413(a) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization
Act of 2003, there shall be no administrative or judicial review respecting:
• The identification of a county or area;
• The assignment of a specialty of any physician;
• The assignment of a physician to a county; or
• The assignment of a postal ZIP code to a county or other area.
History
(Rev. 280, Issued 08-13-04, Effective/Implementation: October 1, 2004 for the analysis and design phases for the MCS Maintainer and A/B MACs (B)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
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