42 CFR § 489.70 - Effect of payment by the Surety.

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title: "42 CFR § 489.70 - Effect of payment by the Surety."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "489.70"
section_name: "Effect of payment by the Surety."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "489"
part_name: "PROVIDER AGREEMENTS AND SUPPLIER APPROVAL"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395i-3, 1395x, 1395aa(m), 1395cc, 1395ff, and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 22937, Apr. 4, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 489.70 Effect of payment by the Surety.

A Surety's payment to CMS under a bond for an unpaid claim or an unpaid civil money penalty or assessment, constitutes—

(a) Collection of the unpaid claim or unpaid civil money penalty or assessment (to the extent the Surety's payment on the bond covers such unpaid claim, civil money penalty, or assessment); and

(b) A basis for termination of the HHA's provider agreement under § 489.53(a)(1).