[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR409.14]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 409--HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B--Inpatient Hospital Services and Inpatient Critical Access 
                            Hospital Services
 
Sec. 409.14  Supplies, appliances, and equipment.

    (a) Except as specified in paragraph (b) of this section, Medicare 
pays for supplies, appliances, and equipment as inpatient hospital or 
inpatient CAH services only if--
    (1) They are ordinarily furnished by the hospital or CAH to 
inpatients; and
    (2) They are furnished to inpatients for use in the hospital or CAH.
    (b) Exceptions. Medicare pays for items to be used beyond the 
hospital or CAH stay if--
    (1) The item is one that the beneficiary must continue to use after 
he or she leaves the hospital or CAH, for example, heart valves or a 
heart pacemaker, or
    (2) The item is medically necessary to permit or facilitate the 
beneficiary's departure from the hospital or CAH and is required until 
the beneficiary can obtain a continuing supply. Tracheostomy or draining 
tubes are examples.

[48 FR 12541, Mar. 25, 1983, as amended at 58 FR 30666, May 26, 1993]