[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR418]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 418_MEDICARE SUBSIDIES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D_Medicare Part D Subsidies
 
Sec.  418.3615  Will we mail you a notice of the initial determination?

    (a) We will mail a written notice of the initial determination to 
you at your last known address. Generally, we will not send a notice if 
your premium subsidy stops because of your death or if the initial 
determination is a redetermination that your eligibility for a subsidy 
and the amount of your subsidy has not changed.
    (b) The written notice that we send will tell you:
    (1) What our initial determination is;
    (2) The reasons for our determination; and
    (3) The effect of our determination on your right to further review.
    (c) We will mail you a written notice before increasing, reducing, 
or terminating your subsidy. The notice will tell you the first month 
that we plan to make the change and give you appeal rights. Your appeal 
rights for a reduction or termination will include the right to continue 
to receive your subsidy at the previously established level until there 
is a decision on your appeal request if your appeal is filed within 10 
days after you receive our notice.