42 C.F.R. § 488.2
Statutory basis.
Cite as 42 C.F.R. § 488.2 (2026)
This part is based on the indicated provisions of the following sections of the Act:
Table 1 to § 488.2
Section
Subject
1128
Exclusion of entities from participation in Medicare.
1128A
Civil money penalties.
1138(b)
Requirements for organ procurement organizations and organ procurement agencies.
1814
Conditions for, and limitations on, payment for Part A services.
1819
Requirements for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
1820
Requirements for critical access hospitals (CAHs).
1822
Hospice Program survey and enforcement procedures.
1832(a)(2)(C)
Requirements for Organizations that provide outpatient physical therapy and speech language pathology services.
1832(a)(2)(F)
Requirements for ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).
1832(a)(2)(J)
Requirements for partial hospitalization services and intensive outpatient services provided by CMHCs.
1861(e)
Requirements for hospitals.
1861(f)
Requirements for psychiatric hospitals.
1861(m)
Requirements for Home Health Services.
1861(o)
Requirements for Home Health Agencies.
1861(p)(4)
Requirements for rehabilitation agencies.
1861(z)
Institutional planning standards that hospitals and SNFs must meet.
1861(aa)
Requirements for rural health clinics (RHCs) and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs).
1861(cc)(2)
Requirements for comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities (CORFs).
1861(dd)
Requirements for hospices.
1861(ee)
Discharge planning guidelines for hospitals.
1861(ff)(3)(A)
Requirements for CMHCs.
1861(ss)(2)
Accreditation of religious nonmedical health care institutions.
1861(kkk)
Requirements for rural emergency hospitals (REHs).
1863
Consultation with state agencies, accrediting bodies, and other organizations to develop conditions of participation, conditions for coverage, conditions for certification, and requirements for providers or suppliers.
1864
Use of State survey agencies.
1865
Effect of accreditation.
1875(b)
Requirements for performance review of CMS-approved accreditation programs.
1880
Requirements for hospitals and SNFs of the Indian Health Service.
1881
Requirements for end stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities.
1883
Requirements for hospitals that furnish extended care services.
1891
Conditions of participation for home health agencies; home health quality.
1902
Requirements for participation in the Medicaid program.
1913
Medicaid requirements for hospitals that provide nursing facility (NF) care.
1919
Medicaid requirements for NFs.
[88 FR 59335, Aug. 28, 2023, as amended at 88 FR 82183, Nov. 22, 2023]
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