42 CFR 409.26
§ 409.26 Transfer agreement hospital services.
United States · 42 CFR — Public Health · Status: effective
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- 42 CFR 409.26, § 409.26 Transfer agreement hospital services, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/203244
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(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 § 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 § 483.70(j) of this chapter for the transfer of patients and exchange of medical records; or
(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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.