§447.21. Reduction of payments to providers.
42 C.F.R. § 447.21
If a provider seeks to collect from an individual (or any financially responsible relative or representative of that individual) an amount that exceeds an amount specified under § 447.20(a)—
The Medicaid agency may provide for a reduction of any payment amount otherwise due to the provider in addition to any other sanction available to the agency; and
The reduction may be equal to up to three times the amount that the provider sought to collect in violation of § 447.20(a).
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[55 FR 1433, Jan. 16, 1990]
Authority
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, and 1396r-8, and Pub. L. 111-148.
Source
Source: 43 FR 45253, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[55 FR 1433, Jan. 16, 1990]