---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 422.300"
title: "42"
number: "422.300"
heading: "Basis and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/422.300"
---

# §422.300. Basis and scope.


This subpart is based on sections [1106](/cfr/42/1106.md), [1128J(d)](/cfr/42/1128J.md?p=d), [1852](/cfr/42/1852.md), [1853](/cfr/42/1853.md), [1854](/cfr/42/1854.md), and [1858](/cfr/42/1858.md) of the Act. It sets forth the requirements for making payments to MA organizations offering local and regional MA policies, including calculation of MA capitation rates and benchmarks, conditions under which payment is based on plan bids, adjustments to capitation rates (including risk adjustment), collection of risk adjustment data, conditions for use and disclosure of risk adjustment data, collection of improper payments and other payment rules. [Section 422.458](/cfr/42/422.458.md) specifies the requirements for risk sharing payments to MA regional organizations.


## Notes

### Amendments

[88 FR 6665, Feb. 1, 2023]

### Source

Source: 70 FR 4729, Jan. 28, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1306, 1395w-21 through 1395w-28, and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 18134, Apr. 14, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[88 FR 6665, Feb. 1, 2023]