42 C.F.R. § 409.5 General description of benefits.
Title 42 - Public Health
Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 48135, Aug. 18, 2006. Hospital insurance (Part A of Medicare) helps pay for inpatient hospital or inpatient CAH services and posthospital SNF care. It also pays for home health services and hospice care. There are limitations on the number of days of care that Medicare can pay for and there are deductible and coinsurance amounts for which the beneficiary is responsible. For each type of service, certain conditions must be met as specified in the pertinent sections of this subpart and in part 418 of this chapter regarding hospice care. The special conditions for inpatient hospital services furnished by a qualified U.S., Canadian, or Mexican hospital are set forth in subparts G and H of part 424 of this chapter. [48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 6648, Mar. 2, 1988; 53 FR 12945, Apr. 20, 1988; 58 FR 30666, May 26, 1993]
Title 42: Public Health
PART 409—HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS
Subpart A—Hospital Insurance Benefits: General Provisions
§ 409.5 General description of benefits.
