[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR409.13]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 409_HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B_Inpatient Hospital Services and Inpatient Critical Access 
                            Hospital Services
 
Sec.  409.13  Drugs and biologicals.

    (a) Except as specified in paragraph (b) of this section, Medicare 
pays for drugs and biologicals as inpatient hospital or inpatient CAH 
services only if--
    (1) They represent a cost to the hospital or CAH;
    (2) They are ordinarily furnished by the hospital or CAH for the 
care and treatment of inpatients; and
    (3) They are furnished to an inpatient for use in the hospital or 
CAH.
    (b) Exception. Medicare pays for a limited supply of drugs for use 
outside the hospital or CAH if it is medically necessary to facilitate 
the beneficiary's departure from the hospital and required until he or 
she can obtain a continuing supply.

[48 FR 12541, Mar. 25, 1983, as amended at 58 FR 30666, May 26, 1993]