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    <CFRTITLE>42</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Public Health</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>3</VOL>
    <DATE>2011-10-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2011-10-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Payment to the beneficiary.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>424.53</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 424.53</HEADING>
    <ANCESTORS>
      <PARENT HEADING="Title 42" SEQ="4">Public Health</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER IV" SEQ="3">CENTERS FOR MEDICARE &amp; MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="SUBCHAPTER B" SEQ="2">MEDICARE PROGRAM</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 424" SEQ="1">CONDITIONS FOR MEDICARE PAYMENT</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subpart D" SEQ="0">To Whom Payment Is Ordinarily Made</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 424.53</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Payment to the beneficiary.</SUBJECT>
    <P>Medicare pays the beneficiary for the following services, if covered, in the specified circumstances:</P>
    <P>(a) Emergency inpatient and outpatient services furnished by a nonparticipating U.S. hospital that has not elected to claim payment in accordance with subpart G of this part.</P>
    <P>(b) Certain medical and other health services covered under Medicare Part B and furnished by a nonparticipating U.S. hospital, if the hospital does not receive assigned payment as a supplier under § 424.55.</P>
    <P>(c) Emergency or nonemergency services furnished by a foreign hospital if the hospital does not have in effect an election to claim payment in accordance with subpart H of this part.</P>
    <P>(d) Physician and ambulance services furnished outside the United States.</P>
    <P>(e) Services furnished by a supplier if the claim has not been assigned to the supplier.</P>
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