CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER C—MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (parts 430 to 456) > PART 431—STATE ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION > SUBPART D—Appeals Process for NFs and ICFs/MR (§431.151 to §431.154) > 431.154—Informal reconsideration for ICFs/MR.

431.154—Informal reconsideration for ICFs/MR.

The informal reconsideration must, at a minimum, include—
(a) Written notice to the facility of the denial, termination or nonrenewal and the findings upon which it was based;
(b) A reasonable opportunity for the facility to refute those findings in writing, and
(c) A written affirmation or reversal of the denial, termination, or nonrenewal.
[44 FR 9753, Feb. 15, 1979, as amended at 59 FR 56233, Nov. 10, 1994; 61 FR 32349, June 24, 1996]