(a) General rule. A physician assistant's, nurse practitioner's, and clinical nurse specialists' services, and services and supplies furnished incident to their professional services, are paid in accordance with the physician fee schedule. The payment for a physician assistants' services may not exceed the limits at §414.52 of this chapter. The payment for a nurse practitioners' and clinical nurse specialists' services may not exceed the limits at §414.56 of this chapter.

(b) Requirements. Medicare payment is made only if all claims for payment are made on an assignment-related basis in accordance with §424.55 of this chapter, that sets forth, respectively, the conditions for coverage of physician assistants' services, nurse practitioners' services and clinical nurse specialists' services, and services and supplies furnished incident to their professional services.

(c) Civil money penalties. Any person or entity who knowingly and willingly bills a Medicare beneficiary amounts in excess of the appropriate coinsurance and deductible is subject to a civil money penalty as described in §§402.1(c)(11), 402.105(d)(2)(viii), and 402.107(b)(8) of this chapter.

[63 FR 58905, Nov. 2, 1998, as amended at 66 FR 49547, Sept. 28, 2001]