---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 424.70"
title: "42"
number: "424.70"
heading: "Basis and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/424.70"
---

# §424.70. Basis and scope.

- (a) **Statutory basis.** This subpart implements sections 1815(c) and 1842(b)(6) of the Act, which establish limitations on who may receive payments due a provider or supplier of services or a beneficiary.
- (b) **Scope.** This subpart—
  - (1) Prohibits the assignment, reassignment, or other transfer of the right to Medicare payments except under specified conditions;
  - (2) Sets forth the sanctions that CMS may impose on a provider or supplier that violates this prohibition, or on a supplier that violates the conditions to which it agreed in accepting assignment from the individual; and
  - (3) **Specifies the conditions for payment under court-ordered assignments or reassignments.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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