[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR456.113]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
                 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 456--UTILIZATION CONTROL--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C--Utilization Control: Hospitals
 
Sec. 456.113  Confidentiality.

    The UR plan must provide that the identities of individual 
recipients in all UR records and reports are kept confidential.

                UR Plan: Review of Need for Admission \1\
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    \1\ The Department was enjoined in 1975 in the case of American 
Medical Assn. et al. v. Weinberger, 395 F. Supp. 515 (N.D. Ill., 1975), 
aff'd., 522 F2d 921 (7th cir., 1975) from implementing the admission 
review requirements contained in Secs. 456.121-456.127. This case was 
dismissed on the condition that these requirements be revised. They are 
presently being revised, and will not be in force until that revision is 
completed.
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