---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 498.79"
title: "42"
number: "498.79"
heading: "Timeframes for deciding an enrollment appeal before an ALJ."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/498.79"
---

# §498.79. Timeframes for deciding an enrollment appeal before an ALJ.


When a request for an ALJ hearing is filed after CMS or a FFS contractor has denied an enrollment application, the ALJ must issue a decision, dismissal order or remand to CMS, as appropriate, no later than the end of the 180-day period beginning from the date the appeal was filed with an ALJ.


## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 36463, June 27, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1320a-7j, and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 22446, June 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 36463, June 27, 2008]