---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 405.818"
title: "42"
number: "405.818"
heading: "Deadline for processing provider enrollment initial determinations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/405.818"
---

# §405.818. Deadline for processing provider enrollment initial determinations.


Contractors approve or deny complete provider or supplier enrollment applications to approval or denial within the following timeframes:

- (a) **Initial enrollments.** Contractors process new enrollment applications within 180 days of receipt.
- (b) **Revalidation of existing enrollments.** Contractors process revalidations within 180 days of receipt.
- (c) **Change-of-information and reassignment of payment request.** Contractors process change-of-information and reassignment of payment requests within 90 days of receipt.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1102, 1866(j), and 1871 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395cc(j), and 1395hh).

### Source

Source: 77 FR 29028, May 16, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 263a, 405(a), 1302, 1320b-12, 1395x, 1395y(a), 1395ff, 1395hh, 1395kk, 1395rr, and 1395ww(k).