TN 8 (10-22)
Outpatient services include any of the items or services described above which are
provided under arrangements (see HI 00401.280) on an outpatient basis at a hospital, SNF, rehabilitation center, or outpatient
department affiliated with a medical school, and (1) which require equipment which
cannot readily be made available at the patient's place of residence, or (2) which
are furnished while they are at the facility to receive the services described in
(1). The hospital, SNF, or outpatient department affiliated with a medical school
must all be qualified providers of services. The cost of transporting an individual
to a family cannot be reimbursed as home health services.