---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 455.500"
title: "42"
number: "455.500"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/455.500"
---

# §455.500. Purpose.


This subpart implements section 1902(a)(42)(B) of the Act that establishes the Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 76 FR 57843, Sept. 16, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45262, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.