42 CFR § 421.103 - Payment to providers.

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# 421.103 Payment to providers.

Providers are assigned to intermediaries in accordance with § 421.104. As the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) are implemented, providers are reassigned from intermediaries to MACs in accordance with § 412.404 of this chapter.

[71 FR 68228, Nov. 24, 2006]