[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: 42CFR409.5]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 409--HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart A--Hospital Insurance Benefits: General Provisions
 
Sec. 409.5  General description of benefits.

    Hospital insurance (Part A of Medicare) helps pay for inpatient 
hospital or inpatient CAH services and posthospital SNF care. It also 
pays for home health services and hospice care. There are limitations on 
the number of days of care that Medicare can pay for

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and there are deductible and coinsurance amounts for which the 
beneficiary is responsible. For each type of service, certain conditions 
must be met as specified in the pertinent sections of this subpart and 
in part 418 of this chapter regarding hospice care. The special 
conditions for inpatient hospital services furnished by a qualified 
U.S., Canadian, or Mexican hospital are set forth in subparts G and H of 
part 424 of this chapter.

[48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 6648, Mar. 2, 1988; 53 
FR 12945, Apr. 20, 1988; 58 FR 30666, May 26, 1993]