TN 1 (10-22)
HI 00401.255 Rural Health Clinic Services
The term rural health clinic services (when furnished to an individual as an outpatient
of a RHC) means:
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A.
physician services and services and supplies furnished incident to a physician's professional
service, of kinds which are commonly furnished in physicians' offices and are commonly
either rendered without charge or included in the physicians' bills (including drugs
and biologicals which cannot be self-administered as determined in accordance with
regulations);
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B.
services furnished by a physician assistant or by a nurse practitioner and services
and supplies furnished as an incident to the services that would otherwise be covered
if furnished by a physician or as an incident to a Physician's services; and
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C.
in the case of a RHC located in an area with a shortage of home health agencies, part-time
or intermittent nursing care and related medical supplies (other than drugs and biologicals)
furnished by a registered professional nurse or licensed practical nurse to a homebound
individual under a written plan or treatment (1) established and periodically reviewed
by a physician, or (2) established by a nurse practitioner or physician assistant
and periodically reviewed and approved by a physician as described in HI 00401.250 B.