Proposed Rules. Final rule

Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Action: Final rule
Citation: FR Doc. 02-17622 · RIN 0938-AK98 · CMS-3074-F2 · 42 CFR 405

Summary

This final rule removes an emergency waiver of the Medicare end-stage renal disease (ESRD) conditions for coverage granted to permit the transplant team of an approved renal transplant center to furnish kidney transplant services in three specific hospitals in the Houston, Texas area during a state of emergency. The state of emergency has ceased, the primary kidney transplant center in the area is now fully operational, and the effective period of the waiver provisions has expired. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 26, 2002.