1. (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. (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. (2) A hospital that has a swing-bed approval, and is furnishing services to an SNF-level inpatient of that hospital.

2. (b) Other diagnostic or therapeutic services. Medicare pays for other diagnostic or therapeutic services as posthospital SNF care if they are provided—

   1. (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. (2) By a hospital or a CAH that has a swing-bed approval, to its own SNF-level inpatient.

[63 FR 26307, May 12, 1998; 82 FR 32258, July 13, 2017]