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]