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CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 30, § 450.5.3
Validate Delivery of the MCSN
The BFCC-QIO should determine that MCSN delivery was valid if all of the following
criteria are met:
• The notice used is the OMB approved MCSN published by CMS.
• The notice was delivered timely per §450.3.3.
• The notice was signed and dated by the beneficiary.
If the BFCC-QIO determines that the hospital did not deliver a valid notice, the BFCC-QIO will instruct the hospital to reissue the notice.
History
(Rev. 12934; Issued: 10-31-24; Effective: 11-15-24; Implementation: 02-14-25)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
e9e06d072edf43fd1be8cccf596113a44b86417b27d84201bd6390848cef0d56
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