[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 12, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 42CFR447.251] [Page 304] TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued) PART 447--PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES--Table of Contents Subpart C--Payment for Inpatient Hospital and Long-Term Care Facility Services Sec. 447.251 Definitions. For the purposes of this subpart-- Long-term care facility services means intermediate care facility services for the mentally retarded (ICF/MR) and nursing facility (NF) services. Provider means an institution that furnishes inpatient hospital services or an institution that furnishes long-term care facility services. [46 FR 47971, Sept. 30, 1981, as amended at 54 FR 5359, Feb. 2, 1989; 56 FR 48867, Sept. 26, 1991]