42 CFR § 422.224 - Payment to individuals and entities excluded by the OIG or included on the preclusion list.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s422.224"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 422.224 - Payment to individuals and entities excluded by the OIG or included on the preclusion list."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "422.224"
section_name: "Payment to individuals and entities excluded by the OIG or included on the preclusion list."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "422"
part_name: "MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, 1306, 1395w-21 through 1395w-28, and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 18134, Apr. 14, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "422"
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# 422.224 Payment to individuals and entities excluded by the OIG or included on the preclusion list.
(a) An MA organization may not pay, directly or indirectly, on any basis, for items or services furnished to a Medicare enrollee by any individual or entity that is excluded by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) or is included on the preclusion list, defined in § 422.2.
(b) If an MA organization receives a request for payment by, or on behalf of, an individual or entity that is excluded by the OIG or an individual or entity that is included on the preclusion list, defined in § 422.2, the MA organization must notify the enrollee and the excluded individual or entity or the individual or entity included on the preclusion list in writing, as directed by contract or other direction provided by CMS, that payments will not be made. Payment may not be made to, or on behalf of, an individual or entity that is excluded by the OIG or is included on the preclusion list.
[83 FR 16733, Apr. 16, 2018]