[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR405.370]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 405--FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE AGED AND DISABLED--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart C--Suspension of Payment, Recovery of Overpayments, and 
                   Repayment of Scholarships and Loans
 
Sec. 405.370   Definitions.

    For purposes of this subpart, the following definitions apply:
    Offset. The recovery by Medicare of a non-Medicare debt by reducing 
present or future Medicare payments and applying the amount withheld to 
the indebtedness. (Examples are Public Health Service debts or Medicaid 
debts recovered by CMS).
    Recoupment. The recovery by Medicare of any outstanding Medicare 
debt by reducing present or future Medicare payments and applying the 
amount withheld to the indebtedness.
    Suspension of payment. The withholding of payment by an intermediary

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or carrier from a provider or supplier of an approved Medicare payment 
amount before a determination of the amount of the overpayment exists.

[61 FR 63745, Dec. 2, 1996]