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42 CFR §441.154

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Inpatient psychiatric services must involve “active treatment”, which means implementation of a professionally developed and supervised individual plan of care, described in § 441.155 that is—
  1. (a)Developed and implemented no later than 14 days after admission; and
  2. (b)Designed to achieve the beneficiary's discharge from inpatient status at the earliest possible time.