---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 422.527"
title: "42"
number: "422.527"
heading: "Agreements with Federally qualified health centers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/422.527"
---

# §422.527. Agreements with Federally qualified health centers.


The contract between the MA organization and CMS must specify that—

- (a) The MA organization must pay a Federally qualified health center (FQHC) a similar amount to what it pays other providers for similar services.
- (b) Under such a contract, the FQHC must accept this payment as payment in full, except for allowable cost sharing which it may collect.
- (c) Financial incentives, such as risk pool payments or bonuses, and financial withholdings are not considered in determining the payments made by CMS under [§ 422.316(a)](/cfr/42/422.316.md?p=a).

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 4738, Jan. 28, 2005]

### Source

Source: 63 FR 35099, June 26, 1998, 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

[70 FR 4738, Jan. 28, 2005]