§ 422.156 Compliance deemed on the basis of accreditation.
(a) General rule. An MA organization is deemed to meet all of the requirements of any of the areas described in paragraph (b) of this section if—
(1) The MA organization is fully accredited (and periodically reaccredited) for the standards related to the applicable area under paragraph (b) of this section by a private, national accreditation organization approved by CMS; and
(2) The accreditation organization used the standards approved by CMS for the purposes of assessing the MA organization's compliance with Medicare requirements.
(b) Deemable requirements. The requirements relating to the following areas are deemable: