---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 486.304"
title: "42"
number: "486.304"
heading: "Requirements for designation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/486.304"
---

# §486.304. Requirements for designation.

- (a) **Designation is a condition for payment.** Payment may be made under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for organ procurement costs attributable to payments made to an OPO by a hospital only if the OPO has been designated by CMS as an OPO.
- (b) An OPO must be certified as a qualified OPO by CMS under [42 U.S.C. 273(b)](/usc/42/273.md?p=b) and [§ 486.303](/cfr/42/486.303.md) to be eligible for designation.
- (c) An OPO must enter into an agreement with CMS in order for the organ procurement costs attributable to the OPO to be reimbursed under Medicare and Medicaid.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 71 FR 31046, May 31, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 273, 1302, 1320b-8, and 1395hh.