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Title 42Public HealthPart / Section
Chapter IVCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services400 – 699
Subchapter BMedicare Program405 – 429
Part 405Federal Health Insurance for the Aged and Disabled405.201 – 405.2472
Subpart CSuspension of Payment, Recovery of Overpayments, and Repayment of Scholarships and Loans405.301 – 405.380
General Provisions405.301
§ 405.301Scope of subpart.
Liability for Payments To Providers or Suppliers and Handling of Incorrect Payments405.350 – 405.359
§ 405.350Individual's liability for payments made to providers and other persons for items and services furnished the individual.
§ 405.351Incorrect payments for which the individual is not liable.
§ 405.352Adjustment of title XVIII incorrect payments.
§ 405.353Certification of amount that will be adjusted against individual title II or railroad retirement benefits.
§ 405.354Procedures for adjustment or recovery—title II beneficiary.
§ 405.355Waiver of adjustment or recovery.
§ 405.356Principles applied in waiver of adjustment or recovery.
§ 405.357Notice of right to waiver consideration.
§ 405.358When waiver of adjustment or recovery may be applied.
§ 405.359Liability of certifying or disbursing officer.
Suspension and Recoupment of Payment to Providers and Suppliers and Collection and Compromise of Overpayments405.370 – 405.379
§ 405.370Definitions.
§ 405.371Suspension, offset, and recoupment of Medicare payments to providers and suppliers of services.
§ 405.372Proceeding for suspension of payment.
§ 405.373Proceeding for offset or recoupment.
§ 405.374Opportunity for rebuttal.
§ 405.375Time limits for, and notification of, administrative determination after receipt of rebuttal statement.
§ 405.376Suspension and termination of collection action and compromise of claims for overpayment.
§ 405.377Withholding Medicare payments to recover Medicaid overpayments.
§ 405.378Interest charges on overpayment and underpayments to providers, suppliers, and other entities.
§ 405.379Limitation on recoupment of provider and supplier overpayments.
Repayment of Scholarships and Loans405.380
§ 405.380Collection of past-due amounts on scholarship and loan programs.