42 CFR § 415.50 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s415.50"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 415.50 - Scope."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "415.50"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "415"
part_name: "SERVICES FURNISHED BY PHYSICIANS IN PROVIDERS, SUPERVISING PHYSICIANS IN TEACHING SETTINGS, AND RESIDENTS IN CERTAIN SETTINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 63178, Dec. 8, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "415"
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# 415.50 Scope.

This subpart sets forth rules for payment by fiscal intermediaries to providers for services furnished by physicians. Payment for covered services is made either under the prospective payment system (PPS) to PPS-participating providers in accordance with part 412 of this chapter or under the reasonable cost method to non-PPS participating providers in accordance with part 413 of this chapter.