42 CFR § 424.70 - Basis and scope.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s424.70"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 424.70 - Basis and scope."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "424.70"
section_name: "Basis and scope."
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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# 424.70 Basis and scope.
(a) *Statutory basis.* This subpart implements sections 1815(c) and 1842(b)(6) of the Act, which establish limitations on who may receive payments due a provider or supplier of services or a beneficiary.
(b) *Scope.* This subpart—
(1) Prohibits the assignment, reassignment, or other transfer of the right to Medicare payments except under specified conditions;
(2) Sets forth the sanctions that CMS may impose on a provider or supplier that violates this prohibition, or on a supplier that violates the conditions to which it agreed in accepting assignment from the individual; and
(3) Specifies the conditions for payment under court-ordered assignments or reassignments.