CMS has exclusive authority to settle any issue or any case, without the consent of the administrative law judge at any time before or after the administrative law judge's decision.
authority: 42 U.S.C. 300gg through 300gg-63, 300gg-91, and 300gg-92, as amended
source: 64 FR 45795, Aug. 20, 1999, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 45 CFR 150.413