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                        Section 426.100
                        
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                  Definitions | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.110
                        
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                  Calculation of deadlines | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.120
                        
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                  Party submissions | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.130
                        
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                  Review of LCDs, NCDs, and deemed NCDs | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.300
                        
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                  LCD and NCD reviews and individual claim appeals | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.310
                        
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                  Who may challenge an LCD or NCD | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.320
                        
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                  What may be challenged | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.325
                        
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                  Burden of proof | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.330
                        
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                  Procedures for review of new evidence | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.340
                        
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                  Procedure for filing an acceptable complaint concerning a provision (or provisions) of an LCD | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.400
                        
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                  Submitting new evidence once an acceptable complaint is filed | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.403
                        
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                  Authority of the ALJ | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.405
                        
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                  Ex parte contacts | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.406
                        
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                  Docketing and evaluating the acceptability of LCD complaints | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.410
                        
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                  CMS' role in the LCD review | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.415
                        
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                  Role of Medicare Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and State agencies in the LCD review | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.416
                        
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                  Contractor's statement regarding new evidence | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.417
                        
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                  LCD record furnished to aggrieved party | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.418
                        
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                  LCD record furnished to the ALJ | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.419
                        
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                  Retiring or revising an LCD under review | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.420
                        
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                  Withdrawing a complaint regarding an LCD under review | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.423
                        
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                  LCD review | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.425
                        
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                  ALJ's review of the LCD to apply the reasonableness standard | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.431
                        
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                  Discovery | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.432
                        
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                  Subpoenas | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.435
                        
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                  Evidence | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.440
                        
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                  Dismissals for cause | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.444
                        
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                  Witness fees | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.445
                        
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                  Record of hearing | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.446
                        
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                  Issuance and notification of an ALJ's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.447
                        
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                  Mandatory provisions of an ALJ's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.450
                        
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                  Prohibited provisions of an ALJ's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.455
                        
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                  Optional provisions of an ALJ's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.457
                        
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                  ALJ's LCD review record | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.458
                        
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                  Effect of an ALJ's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.460
                        
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                  Notice of an ALJ's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.462
                        
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                  Future new or revised LCDs | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.463
                        
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                  Appealing part or all of an ALJ's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.465
                        
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                  Decision to not appeal an ALJ's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.468
                        
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                  Board's role in docketing and evaluating the acceptability of appeals of ALJ decisions | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.470
                        
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                  Board review of an ALJ's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.476
                        
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                  Retiring or revising an LCD during the Board's review of an ALJ's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.478
                        
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                  Withdrawing an appeal of an ALJ's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.480
                        
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                  Issuance and notification of a Board decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.482
                        
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                  Mandatory provisions of a Board decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.484
                        
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                  Prohibited provisions of a Board decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.486
                        
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                  Board's record on appeal of an ALJ's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.487
                        
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                  Effect of a Board decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.488
                        
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                  Board remands | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.489
                        
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                  Board decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.490
                        
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                  Procedure for filing an acceptable complaint concerning a provision (or provisions) of an NCD | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.500
                        
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                  Submitting new evidence once an acceptable complaint has been filed | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.503
                        
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                  Authority of the Board | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.505
                        
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                  Ex parte contacts | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.506
                        
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                  Docketing and evaluating the acceptability of NCD complaints | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.510
                        
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                  Participation as amicus curiae | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.513
                        
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                  CMS' role in making the NCD record available | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.515
                        
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                  Role of Medicare Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and State agencies in the NCD review process | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.516
                        
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                  CMS' statement regarding new evidence | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.517
                        
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                  NCD record furnished to the aggrieved party | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.518
                        
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                  NCD record furnished to the Board | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.519
                        
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                  Withdrawing an NCD under review or issuing a revised or reconsidered NCD | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.520
                        
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                  Withdrawing a complaint regarding an NCD under review | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.523
                        
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                  NCD review | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.525
                        
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                  Board's review of the NCD to apply the reasonableness standard | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.531
                        
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                  Discovery | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.532
                        
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                  Subpoenas | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.535
                        
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                  Evidence | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.540
                        
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                  Dismissals for cause | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.544
                        
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                  Witness fees | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.545
                        
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                  Record of hearing | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.546
                        
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                  Issuance, notification, and posting of a Board's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.547
                        
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                  Mandatory provisions of the Board's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.550
                        
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                  Prohibited provisions of the Board's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.555
                        
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                  Optional provisions of the Board's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.557
                        
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                  Effect of the Board's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.560
                        
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                  Notice of the Board's decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.562
                        
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                  Future new or revised or reconsidered NCDs | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.563
                        
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                  Board's role in making an LCD or NCD review record available | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.565
                        
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                  Board decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.566
                        
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                  Record for appeal of a Board NCD decision | 
                
                
                
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                        Section 426.587
                        
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                  Program description |