Source: https://ecfr.io/Title-42/se42.4.440_170
Timestamp: 2020-07-05 14:18:20
Document Index: 780128749

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 440', '§ 440', '§ 440', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 441', '§ 489']

42 CFR § 440.70 Home health services - Code of Federal Regulations ';
SECTION 440.70
440.70 Home health services.
§ 440.70 Home health services.
(a) “Home health services” means the services in paragraph (b) of this section that are provided to a beneficiary -
(1) Nursing service, as defined in the State Nurse Practice Act, that is provided on a part-time or intermittent basis by a home health agency as defined in paragraph (d) of this section, or if there is no agency in the area, a registered nurse who -
(3) Medical supplies, equipment, and appliances suitable for use in any setting in which normal life activities take place, as defined at § 440.70(c)(1).
(iii) A beneficiary's need for medical supplies, equipment, and appliances must be reviewed by a physician or, as defined in § 400.200 of this chapter, an other licensed practitioner of the healing arts acting within the scope of practice authorized under State law, annually.
(iv) Frequency of further physician or, as defined in § 400.200 of this chapter, an other licensed practitioner review of a beneficiary's continuing need for the items is determined on a case-by-case basis based on the nature of the item prescribed.
(4) Physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech pathology and audiology services, provided by a home health agency or by a facility licensed by the State to provide medical rehabilitation services. (See § 441.15 of this subchapter.)
(d) “Home health agency” means a public or private agency or organization, or part of an agency or organization, that meets requirements for participation in Medicare, including the capitalization requirements under § 489.28 of this chapter.
(e) A “facility licensed by the State to provide medical rehabilitation services” means a facility that -
(1) Provides therapy services for the primary purpose of assisting in the rehabilitation of disabled individuals through an integrated program of -
(2) Is operated under competent medical supervision either -