42 CFR § 456.500 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s456.500"
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title: "42 CFR § 456.500 - Purpose."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "456.500"
section_name: "Purpose."
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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# 456.500 Purpose.

For hospitals and mental hospitals, this subpart—

(a) Prescribes conditions for the availability of FFP relating to UR plans;

(b) Prescribes conditions for granting a waiver of UR plan requirements; and

(c) Prescribes conditions for granting a variance in UR plan requirements for remote facilities.

[43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 61 FR 38399, July 24, 1996]