42 CFR § 460.52 - Transitional care during termination.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s460.52"
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title: "42 CFR § 460.52 - Transitional care during termination."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "460.52"
section_name: "Transitional care during termination."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PROGRAMS OF ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY (PACE)"
part_number: "460"
part_name: "PROGRAMS OF ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY (PACE)"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395, 1395eee(f), and 1396u-4(f)."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 66279, Nov. 24, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
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# 460.52 Transitional care during termination.

(a) The PACE organization must develop a detailed written plan for phase-down in the event of termination, which describes how the organization plans to take the following actions:

(1) Inform participants, the community, CMS and the State administering agency in writing about termination and transition procedures.

(2) Assist participants to obtain reinstatement of conventional Medicare and Medicaid benefits.

(3) Transition participants' care to other providers.

(4) Terminate marketing and enrollment activities.

(b) An entity whose PACE program agreement is in the process of being terminated must provide assistance to each participant in obtaining necessary transitional care through appropriate referrals and making the participant's medical records available to new providers.