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UNOFFICIAL 1737-48 the last day of the survey which found the immediate jeopardy, if the jeopardy is not removed before then; (B) When there is no immediate jeopardy, HCFA or the State may terminate a facility if the facility does not come into substantial compliance within six months of the date of the survey that found it to be out of substantial compliance; and (C) Termination may be imposed by the State at any time when appropriate for any noncompliance. The facility's compliance history shall be taken into account when considering whether or not to terminate a facility's provider agreement; (5) Impose denial of payment for new admissions when a facility has been found to have provided substandard quality of care on the last three consecutive standard surveys, regardless of other remedies imposed. (A) Deny payment for all new admissions within the third month from the last day of the third consecutive survey. (B) Facility shall be given written notice at least two days before the effective date in immediate jeopardy cases and at least fifteen days before the effective date in all others; (C) Optional denial of payment for all new admissions shall be imposed only when the facility makes little or no effort to come into substantial compliance, e.g., when it fails to adhere to its plan of correction; (D) Mandatory denial of payment for all new admissions shall be imposed when the facility is not in substantial compliance by the third month after the last day of the survey identifying the deficiency or when a provider has been found to have furnished substandard care on the last three consecutive standard surveys; (E) The denial of payment remedy may be imposed at other times singly or in conjunction with other remedies, when a facility is not in substantial compliance;