§ 417.464 End of CMS's liability for payment: Disenrollment of beneficiaries and termination or default of contract.

(a) Effect of disenrollment: General rule. (1) CMS's liability for monthly capitation payments to the HMO or CMP generally ends as of the first day of the month following the month in which disenrollment is effective, as shown on CMS's records.

(2) Disenrollment is effective no earlier than the month immediately after, and no later than the third month after, the month in which CMS receives the disenrollment notice in acceptable form.