(a) If a hospital does not request a hearing within 30 calendar days of the issuance of the notice of imposition of a civil monetary penalty described in §180.90(b), CMS may impose the civil monetary penalty indicated in such notice and may impose additional penalties pursuant to continuing violations according to §180.90(f) without right of appeal in accordance with this part.

(1) If the 30th calendar day described in this paragraph (a) is a weekend or a Federal holiday, then the timeframe is extended until the end of the next business day.

(2) [Reserved]

(b) The hospital has no right to appeal a penalty with respect to which it has not requested a hearing in accordance with §150.405 of this title, unless the hospital can show good cause, as determined at §150.405(b) of this title, for failing to timely exercise its right to a hearing.