[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR422.200]

[Page 271]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 422_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart E_Relationships With Providers
 
Sec.  422.200  Basis and scope.

    Source: 63 FR 35085, June 26, 1998, unless otherwise noted.


    This subpart is based on sections 1852(a)(1), (a)(2), (b)(2), 
(c)(2)(D), (j), and (k) of the Act; section 1859(b)(2)(A) of the Act; 
and the general authority under 1856(b) of the Act requiring the 
establishment of standards. It sets forth the requirements and standards 
for the MA organization's relationships with providers including 
physicians, other health care professionals, institutional providers and 
suppliers, under contracts or arrangements or deemed contracts under MA 
private fee-for-service plans. This subpart also contains some 
requirements that apply to noncontracting providers.