42 CFR § 418.301 - Basic rules.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s418.301"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 418.301 - Basic rules."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "418.301"
section_name: "Basic rules."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "418"
part_name: "HOSPICE CARE"
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: "48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "418"
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# 418.301 Basic rules.
(a) Medicare payment for covered hospice care is made in accordance with the method set forth in § 418.302.
(b) Medicare reimbursement to a hospice in a cap period is limited to a cap amount specified in § 418.309.
(c) The hospice may not charge a patient for services for which the patient is entitled to have payment made under Medicare or for services for which the patient would be entitled to payment, as described in § 489.21 of this chapter.
[48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, as amended at 56 FR 26919, June 12, 1991; 70 FR 70547, Nov. 22, 2005]