---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 411.23"
title: "42"
number: "411.23"
heading: "Beneficiary's cooperation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/411.23"
---

# §411.23. Beneficiary's cooperation.

- (a) If CMS takes action to recover conditional payments, the beneficiary must cooperate in the action.
- (b) If CMS's recovery action is unsuccessful because the beneficiary does not cooperate, CMS may recover from the beneficiary.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395w-101 through 1395w-152, 1395hh, and 1395nn.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 41734, Oct. 11, 1989, unless otherwise noted.