CMS Issues Guidance On Medicare Coverage of Items and Services Furnished to Beneficiaries in Custody Under a Penal Authority

In October 2013, CMS issued a Fact Sheet outlining its policy regarding beneficiaries who are incarcerated or in custody. Pursuant to 42 C.F.R. ยงยง 411.4, 411.6 and 411.8, where a beneficiary is in custody on the date items or services are provided,...
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