§ 512.120 Beneficiary protections.
(a) Beneficiary freedom of choice. (1) The model participant and its downstream model participants must not restrict beneficiaries' ability to choose to receive care from any provider or supplier.
(2) The model participant and its downstream model participants must not commit any act or omission, nor adopt any policy that inhibits beneficiaries from exercising their freedom to choose to receive care from any provider or supplier or from any health care provider who has opted out of Medicare. The model participant and its downstream model participants may communicate to model beneficiaries the benefits of receiving care with the model participant, if otherwise consistent with the requirements of this part and applicable law.