42 CFR §424.53
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Medicare pays the beneficiary for the following services, if covered, in the specified circumstances:
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (d)Physician and ambulance services furnished outside the United States.
- (e)Services furnished by a supplier if the claim has not been assigned to the supplier.