---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 418.301"
title: "42"
number: "418.301"
heading: "Basic rules."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/418.301"
---

# §418.301. Basic rules.

- (a) Medicare payment for covered hospice care is made in accordance with the method set forth in [§ 418.302](/cfr/42/418.302.md).
- (b) Medicare reimbursement to a hospice in a cap period is limited to a cap amount specified in [§ 418.309](/cfr/42/418.309.md).
- (c) The hospice may not charge a patient for services for which the patient is entitled to have payment made under Medicare or for services for which the patient would be entitled to payment, as described in [§ 489.21](/cfr/42/489.21.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, as amended at 56 FR 26919, June 12, 1991; 70 FR 70547, Nov. 22, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, as amended at 56 FR 26919, June 12, 1991; 70 FR 70547, Nov. 22, 2005]