[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: 42CFR409.5]

[Page 293]
 
                         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 A_Hospital Insurance Benefits: General Provisions
 
Sec.  409.5  General description of benefits.

    Hospital insurance (Part A of Medicare) helps pay for inpatient 
hospital or inpatient CAH services and posthospital SNF care. It also 
pays for home health services and hospice care. There are limitations on 
the number of days of care that Medicare can pay for and there are 
deductible and coinsurance amounts for which the beneficiary is 
responsible. For each type of service, certain conditions must be met as 
specified in the pertinent sections of this subpart and in part 418 of 
this chapter regarding hospice care. Conditions for payment of emergency 
inpatient services furnished by a nonparticipating U.S. hospital and for 
services furnished in a foreign country are set forth in subparts G and 
H of part 424 of this chapter.

[71 FR 48135, Aug. 18, 2006]