[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR405.410]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 405_FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE AGED AND DISABLED--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart D_Private Contracts
 
Sec.  405.410  Conditions for properly opting-out of Medicare.

    The following conditions must be met for a physician or practitioner 
to properly opt-out of Medicare:
    (a) Each private contract between a physician or a practitioner and 
a Medicare beneficiary that is entered into prior to the submission of 
the affidavit described in paragraph (b) of this section must meet the 
specifications of Sec.  405.415.
    (b) The physician or practitioner must submit an affidavit that 
meets the specifications of Sec.  405.420 to each Medicare carrier with 
which he or she would file claims absent completion of opt-out.
    (c) A nonparticipating physician or a practitioner may opt-out of 
Medicare at any time in accordance with the following:
    (1) The 2-year opt-out period begins the date the affidavit meeting 
the requirements of Sec.  405.420 is signed, provided the affidavit is 
filed within 10 days after he or she signs his or her first private 
contract with a Medicare beneficiary.
    (2) If the physician or practitioner does not timely file any 
required affidavit, the 2-year opt-out period begins when the last such 
affidavit is filed. Any private contract entered into before the last 
required affidavit is filed becomes effective upon the filing of the 
last required affidavit and the furnishing of any items or services to a 
Medicare beneficiary under such contract before the last required 
affidavit is filed is subject to standard Medicare rules.
    (d) A participating physician may properly opt-out of Medicare at 
the beginning of any calendar quarter, provided that the affidavit 
described in Sec.  405.420 is submitted to the participating physician's 
Medicare carriers at least 30 days before the beginning of the selected 
calendar quarter. A private contract entered into before the beginning 
of the selected calendar quarter becomes effective at the beginning of 
the selected calendar quarter and the furnishing of any items or 
services to a Medicare beneficiary

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under such contract before the beginning of the selected calendar 
quarter is subject to standard Medicare rules.