Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: January 01, 2020
CMS Physician Self-Referral Call Center
Inquiries related to the physician self-referral law, the CMS Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol, or the procedure for submitting requests for advisory opinions may be e-mailed to the CMS Physician Self-Referral Call Center at 1877CallCenter@cms.hhs.gov.
Outside of the Advisory Opinion process set forth at 42 C.F.R. §§ 411.370 – 411.389, CMS will not opine on whether a specific factual arrangement complies with the physician self-referral law. However, CMS may provide guidance to assist parties in resolving questions regarding compliance with the physician self-referral law.
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