CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM (parts 405 to 426) > PART 418—HOSPICE CARE > SUBPART G—Payment for Hospice Care (§418.301 to §418.311) > 418.301—Basic rules.

418.301—Basic rules.

(a) Medicare payment for covered hospice care is made in accordance with the method set forth in § 418.302.
(b) Medicare reimbursement to a hospice in a cap period is limited to a cap amount specified in § 418.309.
(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 of this chapter.
[48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, as amended at 56 FR 26919, June 12, 1991; 70 FR 70547, Nov. 22, 2005]