42 CFR § 431.250 - Federal financial participation.

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title: "42 CFR § 431.250 - Federal financial participation."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "431.250"
section_name: "Federal financial participation."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "431"
part_name: "STATE ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45188, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
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# 431.250 Federal financial participation.

FFP is available in expenditures for—

(a) Payments for services continued pending a hearing decision;

(b) Payments made—

(1) To carry out hearing decisions; and

(2) For services provided within the scope of the Federal Medicaid program and made under a court order.

(c) Payments made to take corrective action prior to a hearing;

(d) Payments made to extend the benefit of a hearing decision or court order to individuals in the same situation as those directly affected by the decision or order;

(e) Retroactive payments under paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section in accordance with applicable Federal policies on corrective payments; and

(f) Administrative costs incurred by the agency for—

(1) Transportation for the applicant or beneficiary, his representative, and witnesses to and from the hearing;

(2) Meeting other expenses of the applicant or beneficiary in connection with the hearing;

(3) Carrying out the hearing procedures, including expenses of obtaining the additional medical assessment specified in § 431.240 of this subpart; and

(4) Hearing procedures for Medicaid and non-Medicaid individuals appealing transfers, discharges and determinations of preadmission screening and annual resident reviews under part 483, subparts C and E of this chapter.

[44 FR 17932, Mar. 29, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 24882, Apr. 11, 1980; 57 FR 56506, Nov. 30, 1992]