Withholding the Federal Share of Payments to Recover Medicare or Medicaid Overpayments

60 - Withholding the Federal Share of Payments to Recover Medicare or Medicaid Overpayments (Rev. 29, 01-02-04) Institutions and persons furnish health care services under both the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and are reimbursed according to the rules applicable to each program. Overpayments may occur in either program; at times resulting in a situation where an institution or person that provides services owes a repayment to one program while being reimbursed from the other.