[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR405.370]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE

                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,

                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

                             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 

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]