§ 455.417 Termination periods and termination database periods.

(a)

(1) Subject to paragraph (c) of this section, a provider remains in the termination notification database referenced in section 1902(ll) of the Act for a period that is the lesser of:

(i) The length of the termination period imposed by the State that initially terminated the provider or the reenrollment bar (as described in § 424.535(c) of this chapter) imposed by the Medicare program in the case of a Medicare revocation; or

(ii) 10 years (for those Medicaid or CHIP terminations that are greater than 10 years).