[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR486.159]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 486_CONDITIONS FOR COVERAGE OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES FURNISHED BY 
SUPPLIERS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart D_Conditions for Coverage: Outpatient Physical Therapy Services 
        Furnished by Physical Therapists in Independent Practice
 
Sec. 486.159  Condition for coverage: Coordination of services with other 
organizations, agencies, or individuals.

    The physical therapist coordinates her physical therapy services 
with the health and medical services the patient receives from 
organizations or agencies or other individual practitioners through 
exchange of information that meets the following standard:
    If a patient is receiving or has recently received, from other 
sources, services related to the physical therapy program, the physical 
therapist exchanges pertinent documented information with those other 
sources--
    (a) On a regular basis;
    (b) Subject to the requirements for protection of the 
confidentiality of medical records, as set forth in Sec. 485.721 of 
this chapter; and
    (c) With the aim of ensuring that the services effectively 
complement one another.

[60 FR 2329, Jan. 9, 1995]