# Medicare Program; Changes to the Medicare Claims and Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Determination Appeals Procedures
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2019-05-07 · Effective 2019-07-08 · 84 FR 19855
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-09114
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 19855
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 405
- **Publication date:** 2019-05-07
- **Effective date:** 2019-07-08
- **HHS docket:** CMS-4174-F
## Abstract

This final rule revises the regulations setting forth the appeals process that Medicare beneficiaries, providers, and suppliers must follow in order to appeal adverse determinations regarding claims for benefits under Medicare Part A and Part B or determinations for prescription drug coverage under Part D. These changes help to streamline the appeals process and reduce administrative burden on providers, suppliers, beneficiaries, and appeal adjudicators. These revisions, which include technical corrections, also help to ensure the regulations are clearly arranged and written to give stakeholders a better understanding of the appeals process.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/05/07/2019-09114/medicare-program-changes-to-the-medicare-claims-and-medicare-prescription-drug-coverage)
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