---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 401.615"
title: "42"
number: "401.615"
heading: "Payment of compromise amount."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/401.615"
---

# §401.615. Payment of compromise amount.

- (a) **Time and manner of compromise.** Payment by the debtor of the amount that CMS has agreed to accept as a compromise in full settlement of a claim must be made within the time and in the manner prescribed by CMS. Accordingly, CMS will not settle a claim until the full payment of the compromise amount has been made.
- (b) **Effect of failure to pay compromise amount.** Failure of the debtor to make payment, as provided by the compromise agreement, reinstates the full amount of the claim, less any amounts paid prior to the default.
- (c) **Prohibition against grace periods.** CMS will not agree to inclusion of a provision in an installment agreement that would permit grace periods for payments that are late under the terms of the agreement.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 48 FR 39064, Aug. 29, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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