[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: 42CFR447.40]



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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 A_Payments: General Provisions

 

Sec.  447.40  Payments for reserving beds in institutions.



    (a) The Medicaid agency may make payments to reserve a bed during a 

recipient's temporary absence from an inpatient facility, if--

    (1) The State plan provides for such payments and specifies any 

limitations on the policy; and

    (2) Absences for purposes other than required hospitalization (which 

cannot be anticipated and planned) are included in the patient's plan of 

care.

    (b) An agency that pays for reserved beds in an inpatient facility 

may pay less for a reserved bed than an occupied bed if there is a cost 

differential between the two beds. (Section 1102 of the Act.)



[43 FR 45253, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 51 FR 24491, July 3, 1986]