{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-447.21","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 447.21","heading":"Reduction of payments to providers.","body":"If a provider seeks to collect from an individual (or any financially responsible relative or representative of that individual) an amount that exceeds an amount specified under § 447.20(a)—\n(a) The Medicaid agency may provide for a reduction of any payment amount otherwise due to the provider in addition to any other sanction available to the agency; and\n(b) The reduction may be equal to up to three times the amount that the provider sought to collect in violation of § 447.20(a).","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C—MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS","PART 447—PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES","Subpart A—Payments: General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"9999bdac5a0cbac552a130fb6a6af05f2b2827bcf990d62738fd1c9db974a317","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-447.20","next":"us/42-cfr-447.25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}