[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: 42CFR409.47]

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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 E_Home Health Services Under Hospital Insurance
 
Sec.  409.47  Place of service requirements.

    To be covered, home health services must be furnished in either the 
beneficiary's home or an outpatient setting as defined in this section.
    (a) Beneficiary's home. A beneficiary's home is any place in which a 
beneficiary resides that is not a hospital, SNF, or nursing facility as 
defined in sections 1861(e)(1), 1819(a)(1), of 1919(a)(1) of the Act, 
respectively.
    (b) Outpatient setting. For purposes of coverage of home health 
services, an outpatient setting may include a hospital, SNF or a 
rehabilitation center with which the HHA has an arrangement in 
accordance with the requirements of Sec.  484.14(h) of this chapter and 
that is used by the HHA to provide services that either--
    (1) Require equipment that cannot be made available at the 
beneficiary's home; or
    (2) Are furnished while the beneficiary is at the facility to 
receive services requiring equipment described in paragraph (b)(1) of 
this section.

[59 FR 65496, Dec. 20, 1994]