CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER F—QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS (parts 475 to 481) > PART 480—ACQUISITION, PROTECTION, AND DISCLOSURE OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION REVIEW INFORMATION > SUBPART B—Utilization and Quality Control Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) (§480.101 to §480.143) > 480.131—Access to medical records for the monitoring of QIOs.

480.131—Access to medical records for the monitoring of QIOs.

CMS or any person, organization or agency authorized by the Department or Federal statute to monitor a QIO will have access to medical records maintained by institutions or health care practitioners on Medicare patients. The monitor can require copies of the records.