[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: 42CFR424.70]

[Page 950-951]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 424--CONDITIONS FOR MEDICARE PAYMENT--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart F--Limitations on Assignment and Reassignment of Claims
 
Sec. 424.70  Basis and scope.


    (a) Statutory basis. This subpart implements sections 1815(c) and 
1842(b)(6) of the Act, which establish limitations on who may receive 
payments due a

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provider or supplier of services or a beneficiary.
    (b) Scope. This subpart--
    (1) Prohibits the assignment, reassignment, or other transfer of the 
right to Medicare payments except under specified conditions;
    (2) Sets forth the sanctions that CMS may impose on a provider or 
supplier that violates this prohibition, or on a supplier that violates 
the conditions to which it agreed in accepting assignment from the 
individual; and
    (3) Specifies the conditions for payment under court-ordered 
assignments or reassignments.