[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR488.6]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
                 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 488--SURVEY, CERTIFICATION, AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 488.6  Other national accreditation programs for hospitals and other providers and suppliers.

    (a) In accordance with the requirements of this subpart, a national 
accreditation program for hospitals; psychiatric hospitals; SNFs; HHAs; 
ASCs; RHCs; CORFs; hospices; religious nonmedical health care 
institutions; screening mammography services; critical access hospitals; 
or clinic, rehabilitation agency, or public health agency providers of 
outpatient physical therapy, occupational therapy or speech pathology 
services may provide reasonable assurance to CMS that it requires the 
providers or suppliers it accredits to meet requirements that are at 
least as stringent as the Medicare conditions when taken as a whole. In 
such a case, CMS may deem the providers or suppliers the program 
accredits to be in compliance with the appropriate Medicare conditions. 
These providers and suppliers are subject to validation surveys under 
Sec. 488.7 of this subpart. CMS will publish notices in the Federal 
Register in accordance with Sec. 488.8(b) identifying the programs and 
deeming authority of any national accreditation program and the 
providers or suppliers it accredits. The notice will describe how the 
accreditation organization's accreditation program provides reasonable 
assurance that entities accredited by the organization meet Medicare 
requirements. (See Sec. 488.5 for requirements concerning hospitals 
accredited by JCAHO or AOA.)
    (b) Eligibility for Medicaid participation can be established 
through Medicare deemed status for providers and suppliers that are not 
required under Medicaid regulations to comply with any requirements 
other than Medicare participation requirements for that provider or 
supplier type.
    (c)(1) A provider or supplier deemed to meet program requirements 
under paragraph (a) of this section must authorize its accreditation 
organization to release to CMS and the State survey agency a copy of its 
most current accreditation survey, together with any information related 
to the survey that CMS may require (including corrective action plans).
    (2) CMS may determine that a provider or supplier does not meet the 
Medicare conditions on the basis of its own investigation of the 
accreditation survey or any other information related to the survey.
    (3) Upon written request, CMS may disclose the survey and 
information related to the survey--
    (i) Of any HHA; or
    (ii) Of any other provider or supplier specified at paragraph (a) of 
this section if the accreditation survey and related survey information 
relate to an enforcement action taken by CMS.

[58 FR 61840, Nov. 23, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 46037, Aug. 29, 1997; 
64 FR 67052, Nov. 30, 1999]