[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 42CFR447.21]



[Page 308]

 

                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 447_PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart A_Payments: General Provisions

 

Sec.  447.21  Reduction of payments to providers.



    If a provider seeks to collect from an individual (or any 

financially responsible relative or representative of that individual) 

an amount that exceeds an amount specified under Sec.  447.20(a)--

    (a) The Medicaid agency may provide for a reduction of any payment 

amount otherwise due to the provider in addition to any other sanction 

available to the agency; and

    (b) The reduction may be equal to up to three times the amount that 

the provider sought to collect in violation of Sec.  447.20(a).



[55 FR 1433, Jan. 16, 1990]