# Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Effective Dates of Provider Agreements and Supplier Approvals
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 1997-08-18 · 62 FR 43931
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-21731
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 43931
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 431
- **Publication date:** 1997-08-18
- **HHS docket:** HSQ-139-F
## Abstract

This rule establishes uniform criteria for determining the effective dates of Medicare and Medicaid provider agreements and of the approval of Medicare suppliers when the provider or supplier is subject to survey and certification as a basis for determining participation in those programs. It also establishes appeal rights and procedures for entities that are dissatisfied with effective date determinations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/08/18/97-21731/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-effective-dates-of-provider-agreements-and-supplier-approvals)
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