Jones, Mary -- NE

Document ID: CMS-2010-0239-0007
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Received Date: October 18 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: December 8 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: September 23 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: November 16 2010, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80b722f5
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Medicare, Medicaid, and Childrens Health Insurance Programs: Additional Screening Requirements, etc., for Providers and Suppliers

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Thank you for the opportunity to comment. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROPOSED RULE Throughout this document, CMS states that application fee and other previsions are effective on March 23, 2011, and while I understand that Congress intended for these provisions to take effect on March 23, 2011, CMS must complete the notice and comment rulemaking process before it can levy the new Medicare enrollment tax on providers and suppliers. Therefore, I recommend that CMS implement the application fee or Medicare enrollment tax only after a Final regulation has been issued and the public has been given at least 60 days notice.