HI 00601.005 Covered Part A Inpatient Hospital Services

Citations:

Act—Sec. 1861(b)

20 CFR Sections 405.103, 405.161

Patients covered under hospital insurance are entitled to have payment made on their behalf on a reasonable cost basis for inpatient hospital services. An inpatient is a person who has been admitted to a hospital for bed occupancy for purposes of receiving inpatient hospital services. Generally, a person is considered an inpatient if formally admitted as an inpatient with the expectation that they will remain at least overnight and occupy a bed even though it later develops that they can be discharged or transferred to another hospital and does not actually use a hospital bed overnight. However, there are exceptions to the general rule:

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HI 00601.005 Covered Part A Inpatient Hospital Services

Official source

Citations:

Act—Sec. 1861(b)

20 CFR Sections 405.103, 405.161

Patients covered under hospital insurance are entitled to have payment made on their behalf on a reasonable cost basis for inpatient hospital services. An inpatient is a person who has been admitted to a hospital for bed occupancy for purposes of receiving inpatient hospital services. Generally, a person is considered an inpatient if formally admitted as an inpatient with the expectation that they will remain at least overnight and occupy a bed even though it later develops that they can be discharged or transferred to another hospital and does not actually use a hospital bed overnight. However, there are exceptions to the general rule: