[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR410.50]

[Page 281]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 410_SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE (SMI) BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart B_Medical and Other Health Services
 
Sec. 410.50  Institutional dialysis services and supplies: Scope and 
conditions.

    Medicare Part B pays for the following institutional dialysis 
services and supplies if they are furnished in approved ESRD facilities:
    (a) All services, items, supplies, and equipment necessary to 
perform dialysis and drugs medically necessary in the treatment of the 
patient for ESRD.
    (b) Routine dialysis monitoring tests (i.e., hematocrit and clotting 
time) used by the facility to monitor the patients' fluids incident to 
each dialysis treatment, when performed by qualified staff of the 
facility under the direction of a physician, as provided in Sec. 
405.2163(b) of this chapter, even if the facility does not meet the 
conditions for coverage of services of independent laboratories in 
subpart M of part 405 of this chapter.
    (c) Routine diagnostic tests.
    (d) Epoetin (EPO) and its administration.

[51 FR 41339, Nov. 14, 1986, as amended at 56 FR 43709, Sept. 4, 1991; 
59 FR 1285, Jan. 10, 1994]