Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 18, 2024

Title 42 - Public Health last revised: Oct 15, 2024
§ 417.488 - Notice of termination and of available alternatives: Risk contract.

A risk contract must provide that the HMO or CMP agrees to give notice as follows if the contract is terminated:

(a) At least 60 days before the effective date of termination, to give its Medicare enrollees a written notice that—

(1) Specifies the termination date; and

(2) Describes the alternatives available for obtaining Medicare services after termination.

(b) To pay the cost of the written notices.

[60 FR 45680, Sept. 1, 1995]
authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh, and 300e, 300e-5, and 300e-9, and 31 U.S.C. 9701.
cite as: 42 CFR 417.488