[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: 42CFR485.606]



[Page 617-618]

 

                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

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

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 485_CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: SPECIALIZED PROVIDERS--Table of 

 

 Subpart F_Conditions of Participation: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)

 

Sec.  485.606  Designation and certification of CAHs.



    (a) Criteria for State designation. (1) A State that has established 

a Medicare rural hospital flexibility program described in section 

1820(c) of the Act may designate one or more facilities as CAHs if each 

facility meets the CAH conditions of participation in this subpart F.

    (2) The State must not deny any hospital that is otherwise eligible 

for designation as a CAH under this paragraph (a) solely because the 

hospital has entered into an agreement under which the hospital may 

provide posthospital SNF care as described in Sec.  482.66 of this 

chapter.

    (b) Criteria for CMS certification. CMS certifies a facility as a 

CAH if--

    (1) The facility is designated as a CAH by the State in which it is 

located and has been surveyed by the State survey agency or by CMS and 

found to meet all conditions of participation in this Part and all other 

applicable requirements for participation in Part 489 of this chapter.

    (2) The facility is a medical assistance facility operating in 

Montana or a rural primary care hospital designated by CMS before August 

5, 1997, and is otherwise eligible to be designated as a



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CAH by the State under the rules in this subpart.



[62 FR 46036, Aug. 29, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 26359, May 12, 1998]