N.J. Admin. Code § 8:31B-4.83

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 8:31B-4.83 - Off-Site Health Services (OHS)

(a) Function:

Offsite Health Services encompass health care services rendered to patients outside the facility and branches of the facility. This cost center includes the direct costs (supplies, leased equipment, etc.) of all services to patients which are not defined as emergency room, clinic or private ambulatory patients. Services include home health care, community nursing, and offsite psychiatric services. Examples of functions included are travel, operating specialized equipment, nursing care, counseling, educating, rendering treatments and advising patients about the availability of specific health services.

(b) A home health agency provides care to patients normally at their place of residence in accordance with the definition of services contained in Medicare Provider Reimbursement Manual, Publication 15, Part II, Chapter 36, Hospital and Hospital Heath Care Complex Cost Report, incorporated herein by reference and available at www.CMS.hhs.gov/manuals/cmsindex.asp. Expenses and revenues of ancillary services performed at homes of patients serviced under a home health program should be reported in the appropriate ancillary service center.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:31B-4.83

Amended by R.1995 d.507, effective 9/5/1995.
See: 27 New Jersey Register 2148(a), 27 New Jersey Register 3481(a).
Amended by R.2006 d.27, effective 1/17/2006.
See: 37 New Jersey Register 2165(a), 38 New Jersey Register 667(a).
In (b), deleted reference to HIM-11 and replaced it with the address to the Medicare website.