[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR409.26]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 409_HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C_Posthospital SNF Care
 
Sec.  409.26  Transfer agreement hospital services.

    (a) Services furnished by an intern or a resident-in-training. 
Medicare pays for medical services that are furnished by an intern or a 
resident-in-training (under a hospital teaching program approved in 
accordance with the provisions of Sec.  409.15) as posthospital SNF 
care, if the intern or resident is in--
    (1) A participating hospital with which the SNF has in effect an 
agreement under Sec.  483.75(n) of this chapter for the transfer of 
patients and exchange of medical records; or

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    (2) A hospital that has a swing-bed approval, and is furnishing 
services to an SNF-level inpatient of that hospital.
    (b) Other diagnostic or therapeutic services. Medicare pays for 
other diagnostic or therapeutic services as posthospital SNF care if 
they are provided--
    (1) By a participating hospital with which the SNF has in effect a 
transfer agreement as described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section; or
    (2) By a hospital or a CAH that has a swing-bed approval, to its own 
SNF-level inpatient.

[63 FR 26307, May 12, 1998]