CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES ISSUES NOTICE: MEDICARE PROGRAM; ANNOUNCEMENT OF REQUEST FOR AN EXCEPTION FROM THE PROHIBITION ON EXPANSION OF FACILITY CAPACITY UNDER THE HOSPITAL OWNERSHIP AND RURAL PROVIDER EXCEPTIONS TO THE PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL PROHIBITION; RECISSION

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a notice called: Medicare Program; Announcement of Request for an Exception From the Prohibition on Expansion of Facility Capacity Under the Hospital Ownership and Rural Provider Exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral Prohibition; Recission.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on April 28 by Vanessa Garcia, Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Summary: This document rescinds a notice with request for comment that appeared in the Federal Registeron February 11, 2025, regarding a request from a hospital with physician ownership for an exception to the physician self-referral law's prohibition against expansion of facili...