[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: 42CFR414.232]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 414--PAYMENT FOR PART B MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart D--Payment for Durable Medical Equipment and Prosthetic and 
                            Orthotic Devices
 
Sec. 414.232  Special payment rules for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators (TENS).

    (a) General payment rule. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 
this section, payment for TENS is made on a purchase basis with the 
purchase price determined using the methodology for purchase of 
inexpensive or routinely purchased items as described in Sec. 414.220. 
The payment amount for TENS computed under Sec. 414.220(c)(2) is reduced 
according to the following formula:
    (1) Effective April 1, 1990--the original payment amount is reduced 
by 15 percent.
    (2) Effective January 1, 1991--the reduced payment amount in 
paragraph (a)(1) is reduced by 15 percent.
    (3) Effective January 1, 1994--the reduced payment amount in 
paragraph (a)(1) is reduced by 45 percent.
    (b) Exception. In order to permit an attending physician time to 
determine whether the purchase of the TENS is medically appropriate for 
a particular patient, two months of rental payments may be made in 
addition to the purchase price. The rental payments are equal to 10 
percent of the purchase price.

[57 FR 57692, Dec. 7, 1992, as amended at 60 FR 35498, July 10, 1995]