[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR505.15]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 505_ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT 

 

                  Subpart B_Forgiveness of Indebtedness

 

Sec.  505.15  Plan criteria for meeting the conditions for loan 



forgiveness.



    The qualifying hospital requesting loan forgiveness must submit to 

CMS a plan specifying how it will develop, implement, or maintain an 

existing outreach program for cancer prevention, early diagnosis, and 

treatment for a substantial majority of the residents of a State or 

region, including residents of rural areas and for multiple Indian 

tribes and specifying how the qualifying hospital will establish or 

maintain existing unique research resources or an affiliation with an 

entity that has unique research resources.

    (a) Outreach programs. The initial plan must specify how the 

hospital will establish or develop, implement, or



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maintain existing outreach programs. The plan must--

    (1) Address cancer prevention for cancers that are prevalent in the 

designated populations or cancers that are targeted by the qualifying 

hospital, interventions, and goals for decreasing the targeted cancer 

rates during the loan deferment program; and

    (2) Address early diagnosis of cancers that are prevalent in the 

designated populations or cancers that are targeted by the qualifying 

hospital, interventions, and goals for improving early diagnosis rates 

for the targeted cancer(s) during the loan deferment period;

    (3) Address cancer treatment for cancers that are prevalent in the 

designated populations or cancers that are targeted by the qualifying 

hospital, interventions, and goals for improving cancer treatment rates 

for the targeted cancer(s) during the loan deferment; and

    (4) Identify the measures that will be used to determine the 

qualifying hospital's annual progress in meeting the initial goals 

specified in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) of this section.

    (b) Unique research resources. The plan must specify how the 

qualifying hospital will establish or maintain existing unique research 

resources or an affiliation with an entity that has unique research 

resources.