42 CFR §409.10
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- (a)Subject to the conditions, limitations, and exceptions set forth in this subpart, the term “inpatient hospital or inpatient CAH services” means the following services furnished to an inpatient of a participating hospital or of a participating CAH or, in the case of emergency services or services in foreign hospitals, to an inpatient of a qualified hospital:
- (1)Bed and board.
- (2)Nursing services and other related services.
- (3)Use of hospital or CAH facilities.
- (4)Medical social services.
- (5)Drugs, biologicals, supplies, appliances, and equipment.
- (6)Certain other diagnostic or therapeutic services.
- (7)Medical or surgical services provided by certain interns or residents-in-training.
- (8)Transportation services, including transport by ambulance.
- (b)Inpatient hospital services does not include the following types of services:
- (1)Posthospital SNF care, as described in § 409.20, furnished by a hospital or a critical access hospital that has a swing-bed approval.
- (2)Nursing facility services, described in § 440.155 of this chapter, that may be furnished as a Medicaid service under title XIX of the Act in a swing-bed hospital that has an approval to furnish nursing facility services.
- (3)Physician services that meet the requirements of § 415.102(a) of this chapter for payment on a fee schedule basis.
- (4)Physician assistant services, as defined in section 1861(s)(2)(K)(i) of the Act.
- (5)Nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services, as defined in section 1861(s)(2)(K)(ii) of the Act.
- (6)Certified nurse mid-wife services, as defined in section 1861(gg) of the Act.
- (7)Qualified psychologist services, as defined in section 1861(ii) of the Act.
- (8)Services of an anesthetist, as defined in § 410.69