---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 455.502"
title: "42"
number: "455.502"
heading: "Establishment of program."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/455.502"
---

# §455.502. Establishment of program.

- (a) The Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor program (Medicaid RAC program) is established as a measure for States to promote the integrity of the Medicaid program.
- (b) States must enter into contracts, consistent with State law and in accordance with this section, with one or more eligible Medicaid RACs to carry out the activities described in [§ 455.506](/cfr/42/455.506.md) of this subpart.
- (c) States must comply with reporting requirements describing the effectiveness of their Medicaid RAC programs as specified by CMS.

## 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.