---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 401.135"
title: "42"
number: "401.135"
heading: "Release of Medicare information to the public."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/401.135"
---

# §401.135. Release of Medicare information to the public.


The following shall be made available to the public under the conditions specified:

- (a) Information as to amounts paid to providers and other organizations and facilities for services to beneficiaries under title XVIII of the Act: Provided, That no information identifying any particular beneficiaries shall be disclosed under this paragraph.
- (b) The name of any provider of services or other person furnishing services to Medicare beneficiaries who—
  - (1) Has been found by a Federal court to have been guilty of submitting false claims in connection with Medicare; or
  - (2) Has been found by a carrier or intermediary, after consultation with a professional medical association functioning external to program administration or, if appropriate, the State medical authority, to have been engaged in a pattern of furnishing services to beneficiaries which are substantially in excess of their medical needs; except that the name of any provider or other person shall not be disclosed pursuant to a finding under this [paragraph (b)(2)](#b-2) of this section, unless that provider or other person has first been afforded a reasonable opportunity to offer evidence on his behalf.
- (c) Upon request in writing, cost reports submitted by providers of services pursuant to section 1815 of the Act to enable the Secretary to determine amounts due the providers.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 46 FR 55696, Nov. 12, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395hh, 1395w-5, and 1395kk-2.