42 CFR § 456.372 - Medicaid agency review of need for admission.

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title: "42 CFR § 456.372 - Medicaid agency review of need for admission."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "456.372"
section_name: "Medicaid agency review of need for admission."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "456"
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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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# 456.372 Medicaid agency review of need for admission.

Medical and other professional personnel of the Medicaid agency or its designees must evaluate each applicant's or beneficiary's need for admission by reviewing and assessing the evaluations required by § 456.370.