[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 3, Parts 430 to End]
[Revised as of October 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR456.129]

[Page 290]
 
PART 456--UTILIZATION CONTROL--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C--Utilization Control: Hospitals
 
Sec. 456.129  Description of methods and criteria: Initial continued stay review date; close professional scrutiny; length of stay modification.

    The UR plan must describe--
    (a) The methods and criteria, including norms if used, that the 
committee uses to assign the initial continued stay review date under 
Sec. 456.128.
    (b) The methods that the committee uses to select categories of 
admission to receive close professional scrutiny under Sec. 456.123(b); 
and
    (c) The methods that the committee uses to modify an approved length 
of stay when the recipient's condition or treatment schedule changes.

               UR Plan: Review of Need for Continued Stay