Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Ambulance Replenishing Safe Harbor Under the Anti-Kickback Statute
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2001-12-04 · Effective 2002-01-03 · 66 FR 62979
Document
Document number
01-29875
Federal Register citation
66 FR 62979
CFR reference
42 CFR 1001
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2001-12-04
Effective date
2002-01-03
Abstract
This final rule sets forth a safe harbor, as authorized under section 14 of the Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act of 1987, to protect certain arrangements involving hospitals or other receiving facilities that replenish drugs and medical supplies used by ambulance providers (or first responders) when transporting patients to the hospitals or receiving facilities.