42 CFR § 457.985 - Integrity of professional advice to enrollees.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s457.985"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 457.985 - Integrity of professional advice to enrollees."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "457.985"
section_name: "Integrity of professional advice to enrollees."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS (SCHIPs)"
part_number: "457"
part_name: "ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS TO STATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 33622, May 24, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "457"
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# 457.985 Integrity of professional advice to enrollees.
The State must ensure through its contracts for coverage and services that its contractors comply with—
(a) Section 422.206(a) of this chapter, which prohibits interference with health care professionals' advice to enrollees and requires that professionals provide information about treatment in an appropriate manner; and
(b) Sections 422.208 and 422.210 of this chapter, which place limitations on physician incentive plans, and information disclosure requirements related to those physician incentive plans, respectively.