When services have been paid for by a person other than the deceased beneficiary,
payment will be made to the person or persons who paid for the services. (See GN 02335.035.) If the services were paid for by someone other than the beneficiary and that person
died before the Medicare payment to the beneficiary was completed, payment will not
be made to that person's estate. Nor does the right to payment pass directly to the
legal representative of the beneficiary's estate. In such a case, payment will be
made to a surviving relative of the beneficiary in accordance with the priorities
listed in A.2. above. If none of the relatives listed survive, payment will then be
made to the legal representative, if any, of the beneficiary's estate.