42 CFR § 409.40 - Basis, purpose, and scope.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s409.40"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 409.40 - Basis, purpose, and scope."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "409.40"
section_name: "Basis, purpose, and scope."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "409"
part_name: "HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 12541, Mar. 25, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "409"
---


# 409.40 Basis, purpose, and scope.

This subpart implements sections 1814(a)(2)(C), 1835(a)(2)(A), and 1861(m) of the Act with respect to the requirements that must be met for Medicare payment to be made for home health services furnished to eligible beneficiaries.

[59 FR 65493, Dec. 20, 1994]