---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 457.985"
title: "42"
number: "457.985"
heading: "Integrity of professional advice to enrollees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/457.985"
---

# §457.985. Integrity of professional advice to enrollees.


The State must ensure through its contracts for coverage and services that its contractors comply with—

- (a) [Section 422.206(a)](/cfr/42/422.206.md?p=a) of this chapter, which prohibits interference with health care professionals' advice to enrollees and requires that professionals provide information about treatment in an appropriate manner; and
- (b) Sections [422.208](/cfr/42/422.208.md) and [422.210](/cfr/42/422.210.md) of this chapter, which place limitations on physician incentive plans, and information disclosure requirements related to those physician incentive plans, respectively.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 66 FR 2685, Jan. 11, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 33622, May 24, 2000, unless otherwise noted.