CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM (parts 405 to 426) > PART 423—VOLUNTARY MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT > SUBPART U—Reopening, ALJ Hearings, MAC review, and Judicial Review (§423.1968 to §423.2140) > 423.2050—Removal of a hearing request from an ALJ to the MAC.

423.2050—Removal of a hearing request from an ALJ to the MAC.

If a request for hearing is pending before an ALJ, the MAC may assume responsibility for holding a hearing by requesting that the ALJ send the hearing request. If the MAC holds a hearing, it conducts the hearing according to the rules for hearings before an ALJ. Notice is mailed to the enrollee at his or her last known address informing him or her that the MAC has assumed responsibility for the case.