[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR415.152]

[Page 667-668]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 415--SERVICES FURNISHED BY PHYSICIANS IN PROVIDERS, SUPERVISING PHYSICIANS IN TEACHING SETTINGS, AND RESIDENTS IN CERTAIN 
SETTINGS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart D--Physician Services in Teaching Settings
 
Sec. 415.152  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart--
    Approved graduate medical education (GME) program means one of the 
following:
    (1) A residency program approved by the Accreditation Council for 
Graduate Medical Education of the American Medical Association, by the 
Committee on Hospitals of the Bureau of Professional Education of the 
American Osteopathic Association, by the Commission on Dental 
Accreditation of the American Dental Association, or by

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the Council on Podiatric Medicine Education of the American Podiatric 
Medical Association.
    (2) A program otherwise recognized as an ``approved medical 
residency program'' under Sec. 413.86(b) of this chapter.
    Direct medical and surgical services means services to individual 
beneficiaries that are either personally furnished by a physician or 
furnished by a resident under the supervision of a physician in a 
teaching hospital making the cost election described in Secs. 415.160 
through 415.162.
    Nonprovider setting means a setting other than a hospital, skilled 
nursing facility, home health agency, or comprehensive outpatient 
rehabilitation facility in which residents furnish services. These 
include, but are not limited to, family practice or multispecialty 
clinics and physician offices.
    Resident means one of the following:
    (1) An individual who participates in an approved GME program, 
including programs in osteopathy, dentistry, and podiatry.
    (2) A physician who is not in an approved GME program, but who is 
authorized to practice only in a hospital, for example, individuals with 
temporary or restricted licenses, or unlicensed graduates of foreign 
medical schools. For purposes of this subpart, the term resident is 
synonymous with the terms intern and fellow.
    Teaching hospital means a hospital engaged in an approved GME 
residency program in medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, or podiatry.
    Teaching physician means a physician (other than another resident) 
who involves residents in the care of his or her patients.
    Teaching setting means any provider, hospital-based provider, or 
nonprovider settings in which Medicare payment for the services of 
residents is made under the direct GME payment provisions of 
Sec. 413.86, or on a reasonable-cost basis under the provisions of 
Sec. 409.26 or Sec. 409.40(f) for resident services furnished in skilled 
nursing facilities or home health agencies, respectively.

[60 FR 63178, Dec. 8, 1995, as amended at 61 FR 59554, Nov. 22, 1996; 63 
FR 26359, May 12, 1998]