[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: 42CFR412.20]

[Page 500-501]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 412_PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES--
Table of Contents
 
Subpart B_Hospital Services Subject to and Excluded From the Prospective 
  Payment Systems for Inpatient Operating Costs and Inpatient Capital-
                              Related Costs
 
Sec.  412.20  Hospital services subject to the prospective payment systems.


    (a) Except for services described in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and 
(e) of this section, all covered hospital inpatient services furnished 
to beneficiaries during the subject cost reporting periods are paid 
under the prospective payment system as specified in Sec.  412.1(a)(1).
    (b) Effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after 
January 1, 2005, covered inpatient hospital services furnished to 
Medicare beneficiaries by an inpatient psychiatric facility that meets 
the conditions of Sec.  412.404 are paid under the prospective payment 
system described in subpart N of this part.

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    (c)(1) Effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after 
January 1, 2002, covered inpatient hospital services furnished to 
Medicare beneficiaries by a rehabilitation hospital or rehabilitation 
unit that meet the conditions of Sec.  412.604 are paid under the 
prospective payment system described in subpart P of this part.
    (2) CMS will not pay for services under Subpart P of this part if 
the services are paid for by a health maintenance organization (HMO) or 
competitive medical plan (CMP) that elects not to have CMS make payments 
to an inpatient rehabilitation facility for services, which are 
inpatient hospital services, furnished to the HMO's or CMP's Medicare 
enrollees, as provided under part 417 of this chapter.
    (d) Effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after 
October 1, 2002, covered inpatient hospital services furnished to 
Medicare beneficiaries by a long-term care hospital that meets the 
conditions for payment of Sec.  Sec.  412.505 through 412.511 are paid 
under the prospective payment system described in subpart O of this 
part.
    (e) Inpatient hospital services will not be paid under the 
prospective payment systems specified in Sec.  412.1(a)(1) under any of 
the following circumstances:
    (1) The services are furnished by a hospital (or hospital unit) 
explicitly excluded from the prospective payment systems under 
Sec.  Sec.  412.23, 412.25, 412.27, and 412.29.
    (2) The services are emergency services furnished by a 
nonparticipating hospital in accordance with Sec.  424.103 of this 
chapter.
    (3) The services are paid for by an HMO or competitive medical plan 
(CMP) that elects not to have CMS make payments directly to a hospital 
for inpatient hospital services furnished to the HMO's or CMP's Medicare 
enrollees, as provided in Sec.  417.240(d) and Sec.  417.586 of this 
chapter.

[50 FR 12741, Mar. 29, 1985, as amended at 53 FR 6648, Mar. 2, 1988; 57 
FR 39820, Sept. 1, 1992; 59 FR 45400, Sept. 1, 1994; 66 FR 41386, Aug. 
7, 2001; 67 FR 56048, Aug. 30, 2002; 68 FR 45698, Aug. 1, 2003; 69 FR 
66976, Nov. 15, 2004]