---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 405.944"
title: "42"
number: "405.944"
heading: "Place and method of filing a request for a redetermination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/405.944"
---

# §405.944. Place and method of filing a request for a redetermination.

- (a) **Filing location.** The request for redetermination must be filed with the contractor indicated on the notice of initial determination.
- (b) **Content of redetermination request.** The request for redetermination must be in writing and should be made on a standard CMS form. A written request that is not made on a standard CMS form is accepted if it contains the same required elements as follows:
  - (1) The beneficiary's name;
  - (2) The Medicare number;
  - (3) Specific service(s) and/or item(s) for which the redetermination is being requested and the specific date(s) of the service;
  - (4) **The name of the party or the representative of the party.**
- (c) **Requests for redetermination by more than one party.** If more than one party timely files a request for redetermination on the same claim before a redetermination is made on the first timely filed request, the contractor must consolidate the separate requests into one proceeding and issue one redetermination.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 11472, Mar. 8, 2005, as amended at 84 FR 19869, May 7, 2019]

### Source

Source: 70 FR 11472, Mar. 8, 2005, 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).

### Amendments

[70 FR 11472, Mar. 8, 2005, as amended at 84 FR 19869, May 7, 2019]