---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 424.54"
title: "42"
number: "424.54"
heading: "Payment to the beneficiary's legal guardian or representative payee."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/424.54"
---

# §424.54. Payment to the beneficiary's legal guardian or representative payee.


Medicare may pay amounts due a beneficiary to the beneficiary's legal guardian or representative payee.


## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 53 FR 6634, Mar. 2, 1988, unless otherwise noted.