438.724—Notice to CMS.
        
        (a) 
         The State must give the CMS Regional Office written notice whenever it imposes or lifts a sanction for one of the violations listed in  § 438.700.
    
    
    
    
        
        (2) 
         Specify the affected MCO, the kind of sanction, and the reason for the State's decision to impose or lift a sanction.