(a) The Department shall use established procedures to notify States
of the availability of funds for the operation of QC programs in
accordance with this part.
(b) The Department may allocate additional resources, if available,
to States for analysis of date generated by the QC program, to increase
the number of claims sampled in areas where more information is needed,
for pilot studies for the purpose of expanding the QC program, and for
corrective action.