{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-409.47","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 409.47","heading":"Place of service requirements.","body":"To be covered, home health services must be furnished in either the beneficiary's home or an outpatient setting as defined in this section.\n(a) Beneficiary's home. A beneficiary's home is any place in which a beneficiary resides that is not a hospital, SNF, or nursing facility as defined in sections 1861(e)(1), 1819(a)(1), of 1919(a)(1) of the Act, respectively.\n(b) Outpatient setting. For purposes of coverage of home health services, an outpatient setting may include a hospital, SNF or a rehabilitation center with which the HHA has an arrangement in accordance with the requirements of § 484.105(e) of this chapter and that is used by the HHA to provide services that either—\n(1) Require equipment that cannot be made available at the beneficiary's home; or\n(2) Are furnished while the beneficiary is at the facility to receive services requiring equipment described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM","PART 409—HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS","Subpart E—Home Health Services Under Hospital Insurance"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"9ca750ee979964ed1f3809e425ba9504d2916d3f08eaeccfbbe86050933e47b4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-409.46","next":"us/42-cfr-409.48"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}