42 CFR § 424.56 - Payment to a beneficiary and to a supplier.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s424.56"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 424.56 - Payment to a beneficiary and to a supplier."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "424.56"
section_name: "Payment to a beneficiary and to a supplier."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "424"
part_name: "CONDITIONS FOR MEDICARE PAYMENT"
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: "53 FR 6634, Mar. 2, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "424"
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# 424.56 Payment to a beneficiary and to a supplier.
(a) *Conditions for split payment.* If the beneficiary assigns the claim after paying part of the bill, payment may be made partly to the beneficiary and partly to the supplier.
(b) *Payment to the supplier.* Payment to the supplier who submits the assigned claim is for whichever of the following amounts is less:
(1) The reasonable charge minus the amount the beneficiary had already paid to the supplier; or
(2) The full Part B benefit due for the services furnished.
(c) *Payment to the beneficiary.* Any part of the Part B benefit which, on the basis of paragraph (b) of this section, is not payable to the supplier, is paid to the beneficiary.
(d) *Examples.*
[53 FR 6641, Mar. 2, 1988; 53 FR 12945, Apr. 20, 1988]