[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: 42CFR423.162]

[Page 376]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 423_VOLUNTARY MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart D_Cost Control and Quality Improvement Requirements
 
Sec.  423.162  Quality improvement organization activities.

    (a) General rule. Quality improvement organizations (QIOs) are 
required to offer providers, practitioners, and Part D sponsors quality 
improvement assistance pertaining to health care services, including 
those related to prescription drug therapy, in accordance with contracts 
established with the Secretary.
    (b) Collection of information. Information collected, acquired, or 
generated by a QIO in the performance of its responsibilities under this 
section is subject to the confidentiality provisions of part 480 of this 
chapter. Part D sponsors are required to provide specified information 
to CMS for distribution to the QIOs as well as directly to QIOs.
    (c) Applicability of QIO confidentiality provisions. The provisions 
of part 480 of this chapter apply to Part D sponsors in the same manner 
as such provisions apply to institutions under part 480 of this chapter.