# Medicare Program; Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) and Definition of “Reasonable and Necessary”; Delay of Effective Date; Public Comment Period
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Interim final rule; delayed effective date; request for comments. · Published 2021-03-17 · Effective 2021-03-12 · 86 FR 14542
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-05490
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 14542
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 405
- **Publication date:** 2021-03-17
- **Effective date:** 2021-03-12
- **HHS docket:** CMS-3372-IFC
## Abstract

Consistent with the memorandum of January 20, 2021, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, titled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," this document delays the effective date of the final rule titled, "Medicare Program; Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) and Definition of 'Reasonable and Necessary' " published in the Federal Register on January 14, 2021, for 60 days. We are providing a 30-day public comment period to allow interested parties to provide comments about issues of fact, law, and policy raised by the rule and this information could be considered by the agency in determining whether further actions are appropriate, which could include whether to revise or rescind.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/03/17/2021-05490/medicare-program-medicare-coverage-of-innovative-technology-mcit-and-definition-of-reasonable-and)
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