[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR447.280]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 447_PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart C_Payment for Inpatient Hospital and Long-Term Care Facility 

                                Services

 

Sec.  447.280  Hospital providers of NF services (swing-bed hospitals).



    (a) General rule. If the State plan provides for NF services 

furnished by a swing-bed hospital, as specified in Sec. Sec.  440.40(a) 

and 440.150(f) of this chapter, the methods and standards used to 

determine payment rates for routine NF services must--

    (1) Provide for payment at the average rate per patient day paid to 

NFs, as applicable, for routine services furnished during the previous 

calendar year; or

    (2) Meet the State plan and payment requirements described in this 

subpart, as applicable.

    (b) Application of the rule. The payment methodology used by a State 

to set payment rates for routine NF services must apply to all swing-bed 

hospitals in the State.



[59 FR 56237, Nov. 10, 1994]



Subpart D [Reserved]