- (1) Supplies, appliances, and equipment furnished by the hospital solely for the care and treatment of a recipient during an inpatient stay in the hospital are covered as part of the hospital per diem payment.
- (2) Supplies, appliances, and equipment furnished to an inpatient for use only outside the hospital are not generally covered as inpatient hospital services. A temporary or disposable item, however, which is medically necessary to permit or facilitate the patient's departure from the hospital and is required until the patient can obtain a continuing supply is covered as part of the hospital per diem payment.
Author: Lynn Sharp, Associate Director, Policy Development Unit
Statutory Authority: State Plan; Title XIX, Social Security Act; 42 C.F.R. §§401, et seq.
History: Rule effective October 1, 1982. Amended: Filed August 6, 1999; effective September 10, 1999.