Medicare Program; Announcement of Request for an Exception From the Prohibition on Expansion of Facility Capacity Under the Hospital Ownership and Rural Provider Exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral Prohibition; Recission

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

Rescission of notice with request for comment.

This document rescinds a notice with request for comment that appeared in the Federal Register on February 11, 2025, regarding a request from a hospital with physician ownership for an exception to the physician self-referral law's prohibition against expansion of facility capacity. The purpose of the notice was to solicit comments on the request from individuals and entities in the community in which the hospital is located.

As of April 28, 2025, the notice with a request for comment that appeared in the Federal Register on February 11, 2025, at 90 FR 9343 is rescinded.