42 CFR § 456.129 - Description of methods and criteria: Initial continued stay review date; close professional scrutiny; length of stay modification.

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title: "42 CFR § 456.129 - Description of methods and criteria: Initial continued stay review date; close professional scrutiny; length of stay modification."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "456.129"
section_name: "Description of methods and criteria: Initial continued stay review date; close professional scrutiny; length of stay modification."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "456"
part_name: "UTILIZATION CONTROL"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
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# 456.129 Description of methods and criteria: Initial continued stay review date; close professional scrutiny; length of stay modification.

The UR plan must describe—

(a) The methods and criteria, including norms if used, that the committee uses to assign the initial continued stay review date under § 456.128.

(b) The methods that the committee uses to select categories of admission to receive close professional scrutiny under § 456.123(b); and

(c) The methods that the committee uses to modify an approved length of stay when the beneficiary's condition or treatment schedule changes.