---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 405.351"
title: "42"
number: "405.351"
heading: "Incorrect payments for which the individual is not liable."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/405.351"
---

# §405.351. Incorrect payments for which the individual is not liable.


Where an incorrect payment has been made to a provider of services or other person, the individual is liable only to the extent that he has benefited from such payment.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1102, 1815, 1833, 1842, 1862, 1866, 1870, 1871, 1879 and 1892 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395g, 1395l, 1395u, 1395y, 1395cc, 1395gg, 1395hh, 1395pp and 1395ccc) and 31 U.S.C. 3711.

### Source

Source: 31 FR 13534, Oct. 20, 1966, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 52826, Sept. 30, 1977.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 263a, 405(a), 1302, 1320b-12, 1395x, 1395y(a), 1395ff, 1395hh, 1395kk, 1395rr, and 1395ww(k).